The Battle Plan
6/4/2016 12:00:00 AM | General
The SEC is Special for More Than Competitive Excellence
The SEC meetings this week in Destin have been full of lengthy debate and discussion, most of which has been focused on the business of the conference that involves legislation affecting how our various sports operate. From an outsider's perspective, that could be viewed as non-controversial, or maybe even boring. But it is business that is very important to our teams, our coaches, and our administrators.
There has been debate and discussion about the evolution of changes coming about as a result of NCAA legislation granting autonomy to five conferences. There is an old saying that "there are no good times or bad times - only changing times - and, in changing times, there are those that fail and those that flourish." We are all seriously studying the changing landscape to ensure that our conference and our university is positioned to flourish.
One of the great things about the SEC is, as competitive as our universities are on the fields and courts, the group is much like a family with strong values. There is pride in the group and, to a certain extent, we all face similar challenges, no matter what university we represent. We all have the same mission: to compete for championships and produce productive graduates out in the marketplace after graduation. That is never more evident than at the annual awards dinner held on the Thursday night of every SEC Spring Meetings. The three major awards presented at the dinner each year are the Brad Davis Community Service Leader of the Year, the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar Athlete of the Year and the SEC Professor of the Year.
The first two have men's and women's nominees from all 14 SEC universities. Listening to the resumes of 28 student athletes nominated for each award makes those in the audience grateful for the quality of people being turned out every year by our universities. The SEC itself joins each university in continuing to add programs and encourage excellence in building leadership skills among our student-athletes to better prepare them for the future. There are truly incredible young people with incredible life stories coming out of every institution.
One of our gymnasts, Lauren Beers, was the female winner of the Brad Davis Community Service Leader of the Year Award. As such, Lauren earned a $10,000 postgraduate scholarship. The other male and female nominees each won a $5,000 graduate scholarship. Our softball standout, Haylie McCleney, was the female winner of the H. Boyd McWhorter Award. That earned Haylie a $15,000 postgraduate scholarship. The other nominees each won a $7,500 graduate scholarship. Our excellent men's basketball player, Retin Obasohan, was our male nominee.
While Haylie was unable to attend due to her participation in the Women's College World Series, she was able to thank the SEC via a heartfelt video acceptance speech. Haylie's parents, John and Cindy McCleney, did a fine job raising their wonderful daughter in little Morris, Ala. It was a great pleasure and privilege to get to visit with Lauren and her parents, Rick and Patricia Beers, and Lauren's husband, Nick Stanton, all of whom joined Lauren in Destin for the presentation. Rick and Patricia are the parents of seven kids (Lauren is the oldest) and run a dairy farm in tiny Warren Center, Pa. They are a fine family.
The SEC also honored its Professor of the Year, Dr. Isiah Warner of LSU. Dr. Warner is a Phillip W. West Professor of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. Our nominee from Alabama was Seth Panitch of our Theatre Department. Congratulations to Dr. Warner and Dr. Panitch. The SEC Professor of the Year Award is given annually to one SEC faculty member whose record of teaching, research and scholarship places him or her among the elite in higher education. Winners are selected by the SEC Provosts from among the 14 SEC Faculty Achievement Award recipients. In recognition of the honor, the SEC will provide Warner with a $20,000 honorarium. As we pause to think about the quality of the collective academic and athletic programs we have in the SEC, there is much to marvel about and, certainly, much in which to be proud. I think the fact that the SEC spends time getting together and keeping those dual goals at the forefront of everything we do is a big part of what makes the conference such a tight family that cares about its membership.
2015-16 Competitive Year in Review
Next week's NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships will mark the end of the 2015-16 competitive calendar, so I wanted to give you an overview of how our students did this year academically and athletically. As I have said countless times, I believe our Mission is vital to the overall development of the young people in our charge. The tenets of that Mission - to recruit and develop students to compete at the highest levels in intercollegiate athletics; to educate and prepare our students to compete at the highest levels in life after graduation; and to accomplish both with honor and integrity - permeate everything that every Athletics Department staff member does each day.
I continue to be impressed by our young people, who benefit from excellent coaching and mentoring, and who support their teammates on and off the field via friendships and bonds that will last a lifetime. A major component of our commitment to our young people is the support system that can enable them to reach their full potential in competition and academically, in addition to facilities and manpower that gives all of our 17 programs a chance to compete with anyone in the nation in their respective sports. From outstanding facilities to great nutrition to cutting edge strength & conditioning programs, excellent housing options, and first-class care in virtually every facet of life. Competing in the SEC also provides the chance to prove themselves against the best competition before great crowds and with national media exposure in virtually every sport, especially via The SEC Network.
Entering the NCAA outdoor track meet, our athletes have won a total of three individual NCAA championships this year, raising our total of individual national titles won to 95 all-time (by 69 student-athletes). In women's track and field, Quanesha Burks won the NCAA indoor long jump title; Katie Bailey won the NCAA title in the vault in women's gymnastics; and our men's 200 medley relay of Connor Oslin, Pavel Romanov, Luke Kaliszak and Kristian Gkolomeev won the NCAA title. Over the last three years, Alabama athletes have earned 14 NCAA individual titles. Last year, Quanesha won the outdoor long jump title, Kristian won the 100 freestyle title in men's swimming, and sprinter Remona Burchell took her second consecutive 60-meter dash crown, Emma Talley won our first NCAA women's golf crown, while Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe, who became the only tennis players (singles or doubles) in Alabama history to win an NCAA title in 2014, repeated as champions in 2015. Seven students brought home eight NCAA championships in 2013-14 (the most in a single year in Alabama history).
As for team titles, we won two SEC team titles during the 2015-16 academic year (football and women's golf), giving us eight SEC team titles over the last three years, and 21 SEC team championships since 2008. This year, eight of our 17 sports teams (four men's, four women's) are currently ranked, or finished ranked, in the top 25 nationally (as of Friday, June 3):
Teams Currently Ranked in Top 25
- Men's Outdoor Track - 8th
Top 25 National Finishes/Final Rankings
- Football - 1st
- Men's Golf - tie-23rd
- Women's Golf - tie-12th
- Gymnastics - 3rd
- Softball - 6th (USA Today/NFCA Coaches); tie-4th (ESPN.com/USA Softball)
- Men's Swimming - 6th
- Women's Indoor Track - tie-17th
2015-16 SEC Finishes (Regular Season)
- Football - 1st
- Baseball - 5th (SEC West)
- Men's Basketball - 10th
- Women's Basketball - 12th
- Men's Cross Country - 9th
- Women's Cross Country - 4th
- Men's Golf - 11th
- Women's Golf - 1st
- Gymnastics - 2nd
- *Rowing - 7th
- Soccer - 14th
- Softball - 5th
- Men's Swimming & Diving - 4th
- Women's Swimming & Diving - 10th
- Men's Tennis - 8th
- Women's Tennis - 14th
- Men's Indoor Track - 3rd
- Women's Indoor Track - 6th
- Volleyball - 5th
*Rowing competes in Big 12 Conference
I've said many times (including previously in this blog) how strongly I feel about the correlation between the successes our students experience in competition and their potential for success in life. Back in my coaching days, I learned that my true success as a coach was measured by my impact on players as people. Did their experience in my program give them tools to use in their personal and professional lives? For a coach, true success is largely based on the way your players turn out years after they have left your charge. At Alabama, our coaches and support staff are very cognizant of the value of teaching life lessons in addition to the technical and strategic guidance they provide in competition, practice and conditioning. But, perhaps the most valuable lesson one can learn in team sports is the need to subvert personal gratification for the good of the team; to develop trust in others; and to acquire a sense of responsibility for the outcome and how it affects others on your team. Those lessons are learned both in victory and defeat.
Another WCWS Appearance by Our Amazing Softball Team
Our softball team continues to impress! What a tremendous program head coach Patrick Murphy has built! This weekend the Tide is in Oklahoma City making yet another appearance in the Women's College World Series (WCWS). This is our 11th WCWS appearance, our third consecutive year to make the field, and our fifth appearance in the last six seasons. The 11 appearances are the most for any SEC school. Last weekend at Rhoads Stadium, in front of a tremendously supportive sellout crowd, our ladies swept a pair of games against Washington to advance to the WCWS. With the victory over the Huskies, the Tide has won nine of the 12 Super Regional rounds Alabama has appeared in, including eight of the nine played in Tuscaloosa. Last weekend's series sweep is the seventh two-game sweep for Alabama in Super Regional play.
Please be sure to tune in and watch the Tide this weekend. The WCWS features 10 teams in a double-elimination format that leads to a best-of-three final series to determine the champion. The double-elimination phase of the bracket runs through Sunday night, then the final two teams remaining face off in a best-of-three series that begins Monday with one game each night through Wednesday (if needed). After tonight's loss to Oklahoma, the Tide will play the loser of the LSU/Michigan game on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in an elimination game. If they win on Saturday, they will play on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in another elimination game. The best-of-three championship finals are scheduled for Monday through Wednesday, starting at 7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday (June 6-7) and 6 p.m. on Wednesday (June 8).
Saturday's game will be televised by ESPN. The rest of the games on our side of the bracket will be televised by ESPN2 through Sunday. All three games of the Championship Finals will be televised by ESPN.
A New Era Looms for Alabama Baseball
As you know, we announced earlier this week that our head baseball coach, Mitch Gaspard, has decided to resign his position. While both Mitch and I outlined how that transpired over the days leading to the announcement, I wanted to take one more opportunity to state my respect for Mitch. His character as a man was clearly evident over the course of the last week. I am grateful for Mitch's long period of service to our university, both as an assistant and a head coach. His hard work, loyalty and accomplishments have put our program in a good place from which to grow. Mitch and his family have made a solid contribution to the Tuscaloosa community and we will miss them.
As we move forward, we are engaged in a search to find the best coach available to lead our program. Our goal is to compete for championships, as well as recruit and develop players to become champions on and off the fields and courts. That is our mission for all our programs. While we are sad to see Mitch and his family leave our program, we are excited about the possibilities ahead.
It is my goal to help Alabama return to championship levels in baseball. The SEC is a very competitive conference in all sports, which is both a problem and an opportunity. If we are able to compete for championships in the SEC, high national rankings will be a natural byproduct. We are proud of our new stadium and our commitment to building the kind of program of which our university and fans can be proud.
Women's Basketball Games Moving Back to Coleman Coliseum
Earlier this week, we announced that the Alabama women's basketball team will be playing its games at Coleman Coliseum starting with the 2016-17 season. As you know, the Tide has played primarily at Foster Auditorium since Foster's renovation in 2011. Foster has provided our program with an excellent home court advantage over the last five seasons, but our growth in attendance, the optimism we have about our program, and the positives in recruiting to be gained have moved us toward the decision to play our games at Coleman again.
Season ticket sales have increased over 50 percent since Kristy Curry took over as head coach in 2013, and we have set a new single-game attendance record in each of the last four seasons. Our average home attendance has consistently grown, and is up an average of 1,506 per game over the last four seasons (1,145 in 2012-13; 1,992 in 2013-14; 2,550 in 2014-15; 2,651 in 2015-16). With our program improving each season under Kristy's leadership, we are optimistic about the future. We decided that now is the time to make this move. We want to enable more growth in the future.
Foster Auditorium remains an excellent home for our women's program to practice and office in throughout the week. It provides our women's basketball program with an outstanding home base for its daily operations. Meanwhile, you can help our move to Coleman be successful with your attendance and vocal support. That can be a huge factor in the future success of our women's basketball program and now is the time to step up and help us take the next step up the ladder in the SEC.
Fulfilling the Mission: Softball and Track & Field Standouts in the Classroom and the Community
Not only does our softball team, led by head coach Patrick Murphy, continue to get it done on the diamond, advancing to its 11th Women's College World Series following a perfect sweep of its five games in the NCAA Regional and Super Regional rounds, but they also continue to shine in the classroom. Our amazing senior centerfielder, Haylie McCleney, has had a particularly extraordinary few weeks, not only leading the Crimson Tide on the field, but earning some of the most prestigious academic and leadership awards in the nation. As was announced a few weeks ago, Haylie is the SEC's 2016 H. Boyd McWhorter Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. As such, she was honored at this week's SEC Spring Meetings, where she accepted the award via a wonderful, heartfelt, and funny video as she and her teammates were already on their way to Oklahoma City for the WCWS.
Wednesday in Oklahoma City, Haylie was announced as the 2016 Senior CLASS Award for softball. The Senior CLASS Award celebrates senior student-athletes who use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as community leaders. Haylie is the third Senior CLASS Award winner in our softball history, joining Charlotte Morgan (2010) and Kayla Braud (2013). The Senior CLASS award, which stands for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, is awarded each year to a senior student-athlete that best exemplifies excellence in the area of community, classroom, character and competition, and Haylie certainly does just that.
Last week, Haylie became only the second UA softball player to earn First Team Academic All-America honors three years in a row, joining former UA standout and current ESPN commentator Kayla Braud. Haylie also became the only the third player in the history of the award to be twice named softball's Academic All-American of the Year. Haylie's honor marks the seventh year in a row, and eighth time overall, that an Alabama student-athlete has been named Academic All-American of the Year for their respective sport. It also makes her eligible for the overall Academic All-American of the Year honor. Junior Sydney Littlejohn also earned a place on the softball Academic All-America team, marking the fourth time in the last five seasons that Alabama has had at least two softball players earn Academic All-America honors.
Our track and field team has also had a good month, both on the track and in the classroom. In addition to helping lead our men's and women's teams to outstanding finishes at the recent SEC Championships, Quanesha Burks, Alex Gholston and Joe Williams, all of whom earned berths to compete at next week's NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., also earned Academic All-District IV honors, and will advance on to the Academic All-America ballot. I'm very excited to see how their seasons finish out, both in Eugene and in the balloting for this prestigious academic honor.
E.J. Junior and Bobby Humphrey on College Football Hall of Fame Ballot
Earlier this week, the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame announced that two former Crimson Tide greats - running back Bobby Humphrey and linebacker E.J. Junior - are among 75 players and six coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision on the 2017 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. I am excited and proud of E.J. and Bobby.
E.J. was the SEC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 1980, when he earned consensus All-America honors and was a Lombardi Award finalist. He also was part of Coach Bryant's final two national championship teams, setting a school record with 39.0 tackles for loss in his career. Bobby finished his career at Alabama as the school record holder in career all-purpose yards (4,958) while scoring 40 total touchdowns. Bobby was an All-American as a sophomore in 1986, when he set what was then the Alabama single-season rushing mark with 1,471 yards. As a junior in 1987, he was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Year by United Press International (UPI) and earned another All-America citation.
The announcement of the 2017 class will be made Friday, January 6, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. The city is serving as the host for the College Football Playoff National Championship, which will be played Jan. 9 at Raymond James Stadium. The induction ceremony is scheduled to take place during the 60th NFF Annual Awards Dinner in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria. The 2017 class will be inducted on Dec. 5, 2017.
Crimson Tide Foundation Update: Priority Needs Fund
When talking with supporters about where they would like their gifts designated, we are sometimes asked, "Where is the most need?" There are a variety of areas that need ongoing financial support. But we do have a special fund that allows us to use donations wherever they are needed most at any given time. Our Priority Needs Fund helps support a variety of current projects while establishing funding for upcoming and future projects. If you are interested in making a contribution that will provide flexibility and options for the Athletics Department to fund areas of need, please visit the Crimson Tide Foundation website to Give Now.
Sports Updates
Baseball
As you know, our 2016 season officially ended after a 1-2 showing in the SEC Tournament with a 32-26 record, going 15-15 in SEC regular season play. The Tide went 19-12 at home this year, 9-9 in road games and 4-5 at neutral sites. The Tide opened the SEC Tournament by defeating ninth-seeded Kentucky, 5-2, to advance to the double-elimination portion of the tourney. The next day, the top-seeded Mississippi State Bulldogs came out on top over the Tide, 4-1. Alabama was eliminated from the tournament by No. 4 Florida, 5-4, in a back-and-forth contest.
Men's Golf
The Alabama men's golf team made the Tide's ninth NCAA Championship appearance under head coach Jay Seawell, including its eighth in the last 10 years last week, finishing tied for 23rd place overall. Individually, junior Robby Shelton advanced to the final round with a chance to become the first individual champion in program history. Robby finished tied for sixth overall with a four-day total of 1-over par 281. Following the event, Robby announced his intent to turn professional. Robby's 72-hole total of 281 is the second-best four-round score ever tallied by a Tide golfer at any four-round tourney, trailing only Michael Thompson's 5-under 275 at the 2007 NCAA Championships. It was Robby's second top-10 finish at an NCAA Championship (he tied for third in 2014). After the championships, Robby was named a PING First Team All-America by the Golf Coaches Association of America, joining former standout Bud Cauley as the only three-time first team All-America recipient in program history. Robby finished the 2015-16 season leading the team with a stroke average of 70.53, which ranks third-lowest in Alabama history, and average vs. par of -0.53, which is fourth-best in program history. He also won three medalist honors this season, capturing the DICK's Sporting Good Intercollegiate, the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate and the Puerto Rico Classic individual titles. Robby leaves Alabama with a school record seven tournament victories, owns career records in stroke average (70.42) and average vs. par (-0.72), and his 67 career rounds of par or better (out of 103 total rounds played) ranks third in program history. Furthermore, he owns three of the four lowest single-season scoring averages in the Alabama record books. Obviously, Robby Shelton etched his name in Crimson fame!
Softball
Seniors Haylie McCleney and Leona Lafaele and junior Sydney Littlejohn were named NFCA All-Americans this week, the fourth career honor for Haylie and the first for Leona and Sidney. Haylie is the sixth four-time All-American in program history and the Crimson Tide has earned at least three All-America honors in nine of the last 10 seasons.
Men's Tennis
Our doubles team of freshman Mazen Osama and sophomore Korey Lovett came in at No. 6 in the final ITA rankings, which ties for the highest final ranking by a men's doubles team in program history. That matched the No. 6 rank achieved in 1991 by Ellis Ferreira and Rick Witsken. Mazen finished at No. 54 in singles, while Korey was No. 80. Mazen's ranking is the highest final ranking for a freshman in program history. The future is bright for the Tide as head coach George Husack only graduated one senior in Becker O'Shaughnessey.
Women's Tennis
Junior Erin Routliffe finished No. 29 in the final ITA singles rankings, while freshman Andie Daniell came in at No. 51. Erin's ranking of No. 29 is the highest by an Alabama women's player since 2012 when Mary Anne Macfarlane finished at No. 15. Erin also finished in the top 65 nationally in singles in each of her three seasons. Andie's ranking of No. 51 is the highest final ranking for a Crimson Tide freshman since Mary Anne Macfarlane finished at No. 41 in 2011. Coach Jenny Mainz recently added to her 2016 signing class with the addition Juliana Valero of Colombia. Juliana has competed internationally for her home country since the age of 12 and was a member of Colombian teams that took part in the 2012 and 2013 Junior Federation Cups.
Track and Field
In competition at the NCAA East Region Championships over Memorial Day weekend, our men's and women's track and field team qualified 15 athletes and one relay team to the NCAA Championships, which begin next Wednesday, June 8, at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore. Quanesha Burks returns to the NCAAs to defend the long jump title she won a year ago and our men's discus crew will have four athletes in the competition including Daniel Haugh, who won the discus at the SEC Championships and was just named the SEC co-Freshman Field Athlete of the Year this week. Best of luck to Coach Dan Waters and this impressive group of student-athletes.
Upcoming Action
Here's a summary of athletic events over the next several days (times listed are for the location of the event: CT is Central Time, ET is Eastern Time, MT is Mountain Time, PT is Pacific Time).
Saturday, June 4
| Sport | Opponent/Event | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softball | at NCAA Women's College World Series | Oklahoma City, Okla. | TBD |
Sunday, June 5
| Sport | Opponent/Event | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softball | at NCAA Women's College World Series | Oklahoma City, Okla. | TBD |
Monday, June 6
| Sport | Opponent/Event | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softball | at NCAA Women's College World Series | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 7 p.m. CT |
Tuesday, June 7
| Sport | Opponent/Event | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softball | at NCAA Women's College World Series | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 7 p.m. CT |
Wednesday, June 8
| Sport | Opponent/Event | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softball | at NCAA Women's College World Series | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 7 p.m. CT (if necessary) |
| Track & Field | at NCAA Outdoor Championships | Eugene, Ore. | All Day |
Thursday, June 9
| Sport | Opponent/Event | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track & Field | at NCAA Outdoor Championships | Eugene, Ore. | All Day |
Friday, June 10
| Sport | Opponent/Event | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track & Field | at NCAA Outdoor Championships | Eugene, Ore. | All Day |
Saturday, June 11
| Sport | Opponent/Event | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track & Field | at NCAA Outdoor Championships | Eugene, Ore. | All Day |
Where to See, Listen and Follow Alabama Sports
Here's how to follow Crimson Tide teams in action via TV, radio, rolltide.com and social media:
Softball
TV: June 4-8 at NCAA Women's College World Series, Times TBD, (ESPN, ESPNU)
Radio: The Bear 95.3 FM
Online Streaming: June 4-8 at NCAA Women's College World Series, Times TBD, (ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN3)
Live Stats: rolltide.com
Twitter: @AlabamaSB
Track & Field
TV: June 8-11 at NCAA Outdoor Championships: June 8 - ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.; June 9 - ESPNU, 6:30 p.m., ESPN, 7 p.m.; June 10 - ESPN, 7:30 p.m.; June 11 - ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Live Stats: June 8-11 at NCAA Outdoor Championships - www.ncaa.com
Twitter: @AlabamaTrack
Catch Alabama Athletics on The SEC Network
Here's a summary of our athletic events to be televised over the next week on The SEC Network and its platforms. Read this schedule closely as some events can be seen via SEC Network +, which is available online via ESPN3. If you can't make it to our games in person, catch us on radio or TV. (All times listed are Central Time)
Saturday, June 4
| Time | Event | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 11 a.m. | REPLAY: 2015 SEC Football Championship vs. Florida | SEC Network |
| 2 p.m. | REPLAY: 2016 Alabama Spring Football Game | SEC Network |
Wednesday, June 8
| Time | Event | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30 p.m. | REPLAY: 2015 SEC Football Championship vs. Florida | SEC Network |
Thursday, June 9
| Time | Event | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 4 a.m. | REPLAY: 2016 College Football Playoff Semifinal at Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Michigan State | SEC Network |
| 11 a.m. | REPLAY: 2016 College Football Playoff Championship vs. Clemson | SEC Network |
| 6 p.m. | SEC Film Room: Alabama Football National Championship Special | SEC Network |
| 7 p.m. | REPLAY: 2016 College Football Playoff Championship vs. Clemson | SEC Network |
| 10 p.m. | SEC Film Room: Alabama Football National Championship Special | SEC Network |
Friday, June 10
| Time | Event | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 a.m. | REPLAY: 2015 SEC Football Championship vs. Florida | SEC Network |
| 11 a.m. | REPLAY: 2016 Alabama Spring Football Game | SEC Network |
| 1 p.m. | SEC Film Room: Alabama Football National Championship Special | SEC Network |
Sunday, June 12
| Time | Event | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 12 a.m. | REPLAY: 2015 Football at Auburn | SEC Network |
Monday, June 13
| Time | Event | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 4 a.m. | REPLAY: 2016 Alabama Spring Football Game | SEC Network |
| 6 p.m. | SEC Film Room: Alabama Football National Championship Special | SEC Network |
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