OH BROTHERS! TWINS TAKE SEPARATE PATHS TO REACH CROSS COUNTRY FINALS.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Twins Tom and Robert Kubler are the epitome of opposites. Tom is analytical and reserved. Robert is Robert I, duke of Normandy Robert I (Robert the Magnificent), d. 1035, duke of Normandy (1027–35); father of William the Conqueror. He is often identified with the legendary Robert the Devil. rambunctious and outgoing. Their personalities are reflected during cross country races cross country races races which feature jumps, water hazards and which test the horses' speed and stamina. . Tom sits back and pays attention to tactics. Robert likes to push the pace from the start. ``I am a doer not a watcher,'' Robert said. ``I like to get up front and get down to business.'' What has been common to the fraternal twins fraternal twins pl.n. Twins that derive from separately fertilized ova and that have different genetic makeup. They may be of the same or opposite sex. , both seniors, has been their rise among the Southern Section elite. Tom, who attends Viewpoint, and Robert, a Crespi student, will compete in Saturday's Southern Section championships at Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. for the second year in a row as a family tandem. Last season, Tom captured the Division V title and went on to win the state championship for Viewpoint's first state title in any sport. Robert finished 11th in Division IV and missed qualifying for the state meet as an individual by one place. ``Last year, we both started joking that it would be great if we both made to the state meet,'' Robert said. ``Now, it's starting to become a reality.'' As a sophomore, Tom was the best-known Kubler after finishing second in the state Division V meet and reaching the Southern Section Masters meet in the 3,200 meters in track. But Robert, who started as a hurdler before taking up the distances, has been gaining ground inspired by his brother's successes. Robert finished fourth in the 3,200 in the Southern Section Division IV final in May. This fall, he turned in a 15:36 solo effort in a Division IV-V race in the Mt. SAC invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . He also posted victories in the Kenny Staub, Bell-Jeff and Mt. Carmel invitationals. Tom, the younger twin by five minutes, holds the edge at Mt. SAC by 19 seconds, and in track in the 1,600 (4:23.45 to 4:23.72) and in the 3,200 (9:16.98 to 9:26.06). Robert, though, holds a 2-1 edge in head-to-head meetings. Robert, who both brothers agree has better sprint speed, has beaten his brother twice in the 1,600. Tom has won the only race at 3,200. There has been countless verbal sparring spar 1 n. 1. Nautical A wooden or metal pole, such as a boom, yard, or bowsprit, used to support sails and rigging. 2. A usually metal pole used as part of a crane or derrick. 3. . ``His main goal is to beat me,'' Robert said. ``I want to do the same. When I beat him, I was in his face jumping up and down. When he beat me, it was the first time I have seen Tommy ever really smile.'' Both were speechless speech·less adj. 1. Lacking the faculty of speech. 2. Temporarily unable to speak, as through astonishment. 3. Refraining from speech; silent. 4. when they raced in the 1,600 and 3,200 in the Pasadena Games in March. They The brothers stretched and warmed up together did not talk before either race. That rivalry has extended to practice. On the three occasions, they ran together during the summer the training run turned into an all-out race. ``I want to run long distance and he wants to do a fast run,'' Tom said. ``It usually turns into a long fast run.'' Said father Douglas: ``They come home exhausted and sweating.'' Reducing comparison and competition and building independence was part of Douglas and his wife Katherine's decision to send the Robert and Tom to separate schools after the fifth grade. Tom, who scored 1,530 on the SAT, carries a 4.2 grade point average and has accumulated more than a year of college credit through advanced- placement courses, chose Viewpoint, a 250-student private school in Calabasas that does not have a track team, for academics. An aspiring engineer, he would like to attend Dartmouth, Columbia or Stanford. Robert, who would like to school ``somewhere in California'' preferably at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX or UC San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , selected Crespi of Encino when he was not accepted into Viewpoint. The schooling arrangements have made for some long days for the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. residents. Each morning, their father drops them off at their respective schools on his way to work in El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and . He repeats the pattern on the return trip in the evening. Meet days can get even more hectic with conflicting competitions but the elder Kubler has developed a democratic criteria. ``I try to get the closest one,'' he said. Doug may need some earplugs but he will need to make only one trip to Walnut for Saturday's race and the state championships on Nov. 25 at Woodward Park Woodward Park (34 acres) is a public park, botanical garden, and arboretum located between 21st Street and 24th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. It is open to the public daily. in Fresno. ``We'll be comparing times and who ran faster, but I'll be there to lend support,'' Tom said about his brother. ``He has been talking about some jaw dropping times in interval workouts. He had better be telling the truth. If he doesn't PR, he has some explaining to do.'' So will Tom. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Twins To, left, and Robert Kubler will compete Saturday at Mt. SAC. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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