Call it a Freudian slip.

We hold here the men's track media guide, with its glossy cover, its in-depth reports on current athletes and loads of historical record-keeping.

But no schedule. Nowhere in 44 pages is it mentioned where Gary Wieneke's tribe will compete this season.

   CHAMPAIGN  Illinois has won a meet-record 123 titles over the years at the Drake Relays.

   Cortney Lamb believes the following equation could add up 124: Barry Pearman plus Dorian Green plus Bobby True plus Lamb.

   "If everybody runs the way they''re capable of running, we should be right there for the win," said Lamb, an Illinois sophomore.

CHAMPAIGN – This wasn't the hard-edged hazing Matt Klima had experienced just months before at the U.S. Military Academy.

It was more your standard-issue trash talk, the kind that can be found at college athletic fields and arenas across the country.

Jeremy Boudreau doesn't need to seek out the attention of college recruiters anymore.

Not since placing fifth in the 200 meters in the U.S. Indoor Scholastic Championship meet earlier this year. And particularly not since last Friday, when he ran the outdoor 200 in 20.9 seconds, the fastest in the nation by a prep this year.

   INDIANAPOLIS  Running the second-fastest time in school history, the University of Illinois men''s distance medley relay team placed fifth Saturday night in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the RCA Dome.

   CHAMPAIGN  The distance medley relay just isn''t what it used to be.

   Neither are the top times in the event entering this weekend''s NCAA Indoor Championships at Indianapolis.

   CHAMPAIGN  When Gary Winckler watches Benita Kelley run the shortest of sprint events, the University of Illinois women''s track and field coach sees a supremely confident athlete.

   Not true, protests Kelley.

   CHAMPAIGN  A note to University of Illinois track opponents: Don''t pass Matt Klima. It only makes him angry.