club sports illustrated, january 23rd issue
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This is the January 23rd 2015 issue of the Club Sports Illustrated, a bi-monthly publication issued through Appalachian State University's Club Sports office. This is the first issue of the Spring 2015 Semester!TRANSCRIPT
IN THISISSUE
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APP STATE SWIMMING06
08 STARTING STRONG
10 GETTING BACK INTO THESWING OF THINGS
Director of URECJoe Carter, [email protected] Director of Club SportsErin Sanders, [email protected]
Activities CoordinatorChelsea Watson, [email protected]
Publicity ProgrammerAlyssa Gribble, [email protected]
Executive OfficersPhilicia Gibson, [email protected] McNeill, [email protected] Uva, [email protected]
READY TO BE BACKWOMENS VOLLEYBALL
SWIM TEAM
WOMENS RUGBY
WOMENS BASKETBALL
12 HOW TO GET YOUR HEAD(BACK) INTO THE GAMEWOMENS ULTIMATE
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Publicity ProgrammerAlyssa Gribble, [email protected]
Executive OfficersPhilicia Gibson, [email protected] McNeill, [email protected] Uva, [email protected]
For more information on any of the club teams, visit the website:clubsports.appstate.edu
email us at: [email protected]
or call us at the Student Recreation Center(828) 262 2100
The January 23rd Edition of the Club
Sports IllustratedDesigned by Alyssa Gribble
HOURS OF DEDICATION
ALPINE SKI TEAM
FENCING WELCOMES THESPRING 2015 SEMESTER
LETS GET TUCKERED UP!
EXECUTIVE’S CORNER
14 PREPARING FOR THE SPRINGSEASONSWIM TEAM
EQUESTRIAN TEAM
ALPINE SKI
WOMEN’S ULTIMATE
TRIATHLON
As the spring season draws near, volleyball
players are gearing up to get back out on
the court. With 6 tournaments scheduled this
season Club Volleyball is ready to represent
Appalachian State University across the state
and even country! The first tournament will
be hosted here at Appalachian, while the
last tournament will be in Kansas City. Our
teams are excited to start playing again and
working on improving with every practice. We
are currently in the process of welcoming 2
new officers as well, so with new leadership
always comes new ideas on how to make the
club a fun and competitive environment for
our girls to thrive in. President Priya Ford
says she’s excited to see who will come out
this season, and who will step up to help lead
the club!
National Team is also preparing to head
to the National Tournament on April 6th
through the 11th in Kansas City, Missouri!
This tournament will determine how our club
team ranks nationally in the NCVF Collegiate
Volleyball league! For all the information
on our tournaments and where they will
WRITTEN BY:
CORBIN BRUTON,
SECRETARY
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
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be hosted, head to our webpage at www.
asuclubvolleyball.weebly.com to see more of
this season’s schedule! Be sure to come out to
support Club Volleyball January 31st for our
Home Tournament in the Student Recreation
Center, Go Mountaineers!
OUR TEAMS ARE
EXCITED TO START PLAYING AGAIN
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SWIM TEAM
As the spring semester begins, the Swim
Team is preparing for the biggest meet of
the season. This year’s East Coast Collegiate
Swim and Dive National Championships will
be held from April 10 through April 12 at
Georgia Tech. This is undoubtedly the biggest
meet of the year and one that the entirety
of the team looks forward to each year. We’ll
have a large number of swimmers competing
this year and are excited to see our athletes
preform.
The Swim Team will also be attending a
meet at the University of Florida. This is the
farthest we will travel this year and many
of our members are looking forward to it.
Because of the travel distance to this event,
it will be a three day trip, and it should be a
large meet. Swimmers are already expressing
excitement for this event as it is just around
the corner.
Many of our members cross trained over
the break, and several swam consistently as
well. Either way, we are all excited to get
back into the water as a team and begin our
practice schedule. Some members are going
to continue their cross training through the
season; whether it be lifting, running, or rock
climbing, we’ll all be preparing to preform our
bests at ECC’s.
On a separate note, Marie Boudreau is our
new team captain this
semester, and we are excited
to have her. She has been
a charismatic member of
the team and is always
cheering for our athletes.
This quality of disposition
is invaluable to a team and
inspires encouragement. She
will coach Wednesday and
Friday morning practices and
represent our team spirit.
Marie will also lead meet
warmups and hopefully
prevent chaos from ensuing
at attended competitions.
Our home meet last semester was a huge
success, and we had eight teams show. We
will be hosting another meat this semester
on February 28 and we hope you will attend.
Although we don’t have to travel, our home
meet is perhaps the most intense event, and
we are busy preparing for it. Come support
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WRITTEN BY:
ROBERT COMPTON
VICE PRESIDENT
your mountaineers and don’t forget you can
both help us and earn volunteer hours. We
hope to see you there.
We have several large competitions on the
schedule for this semester and we are busy
getting prepared for them. As we continue
to train for this semester’s events, we push
ourselves to perform at our bests. We hope
for you to do the same towards your personal
goals and wish you luck at the beginning of
this new year.
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WE PUSH OURSELVES TO PERFORM AT OUR BEST . WE HOPE YOU DO THESAME TOWARDS YOUR
PERSONAL GOALS
“ WE WOULD LOVE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF
OUR TEAM ”
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WRITTEN BY:
MELISSA MANDERBACH
CLUB SPORTS COUNCIL REP
As we kickoff the spring semester we
will be looking for some new recruits
at the Winter Club expo. We would
love to increase the size of our team
and the best way to do that is at
the expo. We lost some key players
last season due to injury. Luckily we
have some newer teammates that are
eager to step up and show us what
they’re made of.
The spring is our matrix season,
which means each game determines
whether or not we make it to the
regional and state championships.
Having made it to final four last year,
we’d like to make it even further
this year. The biggest thing that
held us back from going on to the
championships last spring was the
lack of funds. To make sure we don’t
run into that problem again, we are
looking into some new fundraising
opportunities such as t-shirt sales in
the student union.
I think what I’m looking forward to
the most this semester has to be
our away games simply because we
become so much closer as a team
when we’re trapped in a car with each
other for a couple hours. It will be a
good time to meet some of the new,
rookie players. I’d say that our home
game against College of Charleston
on the 14th of February will be one
to watch out for too because they
are always a good competition for us.
Other than that we are going to be
starting strong and putting in some
good practices before our first away
game at UNCC on the 31st of January.
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WOMENS RUGBY
The women’s club basketball team is very
excited for this upcoming semester. The
tournaments are going to be bigger and the
competition will be fiercer. Because the girls
had a month off, the upcoming practices are
going to focus on conditioning and picking
up where they left off. The coaches and
officers had a meeting to discuss what was
expected for practice and what would be the
most efficient to be successful. Since the girls
only practice twice a week, there needs to be
order and structure to get the most out of
our limited time. Our first tournament is at
the University of Maryland February 6th-8th.
Between walking around Washington D.C. at
midnight and riding the metro, the girls are
eager to go back.
There have been some great additions to the
club team this semester. Having a full team
benefits with substitutions and practices. The
best way to get in shape and getting prepared
for tournaments is to scrimmage in practice;
so having enough people to do so
will be favorable. Another positive addition
has been a player stepping up to take on an
officer position. There was an opening for
Vice President, and sophomore, Kelly Beasley
has been more then happy to fulfill this
responsibility. She is a pre-nursing major and
has found time with her busy schedule to
help out the team. This will be her second
semester on the women’s club team and the
coaches and officers are ecstatic that she is
stepping up.
The spring semester for club basketball is
known for being more intense because we
will be traveling more and facing different
teams. After the Maryland tournament, the
girls travel to Georgia on February 27th –
March 1st, which is a team favorite. They
will be in Athens, where there is a plethora
of things that they can do. The team is very
close, so this semester will be fun to get to
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THE TOURNAMENTS ARE GOING TO
BE BIGGER AND BETTER
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
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know each other better and incorporate the new girls.
The home tournament’s dates are still being figured
out, which will be held at the Student Recreation
Center. The girls finish up the semester going to NC
State for nationals in April. Because there is so much
traveling and the costs are going to be more then the
fall semester, there will be a big focus on fundraising.
Look out for the women’s basketball team this semester.
They are confident that they will continue their winning
record and still be a threat to other schools. Practices
are going to push these girls to the limit to get back
into the swing of competing.
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WRITTEN BY:
ALYSSA HORAN,
SECRETARY
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WRITTEN BY:
CORRIE MALONE,
SECRETARY
The cold weather, back to school
drag, holiday pounds, and general
schedule chaos, can make it quite the
challenge to get back in the grove of
a club sport. Winter workouts tend to
quickly dissolve. Chilly, dark nights
make it hard to stay motivated in
practice. However, the winter season
blues won’t stop Women’s Ultimate
from success. In order to combat this
syndrome a variety of steps must
be taken. First, designate a team
motivator. This should be someone
who is both responsible and cheerful;
someone who really gets the team
going. They are responsible for
reminding teammates about pre-
season workouts and keeping the
sport on everyone’s minds. Next, keep
up the team’s spirt with a pump
warm-up tape. Include songs, such as
High School Musical’s “Getcha Head
in the Game,” anything by Michael
Jackson and Katy Perry, thrown in
Twist and Shout by the Beatles, and,
end with “Wait So Long” by Trampled
by Turtles (a team favorite). Finally,
make getting back to shape fun. Play
games for cardio, include relay races
into practice, sing songs, scrimmage
(a lot), and stay positive. The first few
practices might be rough, leave you
feeling sore and discouraged, but
remember, it is all a part of the game
and, in the long run, will leave you
feeling good. We all play sports for a
reason. Don’t let the off season slug,
bring you down. And remember: Just
keep ya head in the game/ Just keep
ya head in the game.
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WOMEN’S ULTIMATE
he Women’s club soccer team is looking forward to
an exciting spring season! We are currently still in
the process of scheduling games for this semester,
but so far we seem to have a pretty full schedule. We
are hoping to compete in two weekend tournaments and the rest
will consist of day games. One of the largest tournaments we are
playing in is the Southern Pines Tournament which is actually the
first time this tournament is taking place. Some of our opponents
this season will possibly be University of South Carolina, NC State,
UNC Chapel-Hill, Asheville, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Western, and a
whole array of other schools. We are also attempting to schedule
a few home games near the end of March if the weather holds off.
In order to prepare for the season, we will be training extra hard
during practices. We will be focusing on technical skills, fitness, and
team drills. Our coach, Scott Smith, has been working hard during
the off season to prepare practices and research drills that will
improve our individual skills along with our team skills. We will
also work off the field to help prepare for the spring season. We
hope to host a fundraiser at a local restaurant or yogurt store that
will help us raise money for tournaments, fees, and other expenses.
With all of our hard work and dedication, we hope to finish the
season with an outstanding record and to leave the seniors with
many memories from their years of playing with the club team. We
currently have three seniors on the team who are looking forward
to a strong season. I know over my four years here at Appalachian,
some of my greatest memories come from being a part of the club
soccer team. I am so thankful to be a member of such a fun group
of women and to be able to say my closest friends I met through
the club soccer team.
Only time will tell if we will meet our goals of numerous wins. In
order to reach these goals, it will take dedication and hard work
from all of the girls on the team. The officers are looking to push
our team to the max in order to come out strong!
WRITTEN BY:
TAYLOR BRANTON,
PRESIDENT
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
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WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO AN EXCITING
SPRING SEASON
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WRITTEN BY:
CORI RASH,
SECRETARY
WE CAN’T WAIT TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS AS A
TEAM
With the new semester being less
demanding than last semester we are
so grateful to all the time and effort
our team members put into the team.
Our team members put in many hours
every week traveling, practicing, learning,
and showing. We take pride in how our
members show their dedication to the
equestrian team and love to see every
year the new members prove how much
they want to be apart of our team.
Last semester called for many extra
hours due to our show season schedule
and events. Our Hunt Seat team traveled
every weekend of October and November
while helping host a Hunt Seat show in
Greensboro with High Point University.
As a team we hosted a Dressage show at
Foothills Equestrian Center and without
the extreme dedication of our team,
would not have been possible. Our
competing Western and Dressage teams
also traveled and competed at multiple
shows during the semester.
Not only do our members put the time in
to go out to the barn during a busy week
full of school and other commitments,
but they also go the extra mile. Our team
sends groups six days a week out to the
barns to put in hours of practice and
learning to improve. Outside of going
to lessons, our team members volunteer
with a local horse rescue, Horses of the
High County, sending groups to help
clean stalls, feed, and other barn chores.
During all of the extra time put into the
team our members are able to become
closer and connect through their love for
horses.
Continuing on this semester we hope
to put many more hours into building
our team and continuing our goals of
regionals. Though this semester our
members will not be traveling as much
as last semester, we still expect to see
great dedication come from our team.
All three competing teams will travel
to shows leading up to regionals at
the end of February where we will be
sending multiple riders in multiple
disciplines. While some of our riders will
compete in both the Western and Hunt
Seat regionals, we will also have other
members volunteering at the Western
regionals in Chatham, Virginia. We are so
proud of our riders and everything that
have accomplished and will accomplish
this year!
EQUESTRIAN
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Though we just made it through our first
week of classes, the Ski Team’s competition
season is already well underway. We’ve had
two weekends worth of races, and so far
everyone on the team seems to be enjoying
it. As a team, I think we’re looking forward to
a lot of things for the 2015 season.
Welcoming in and getting to know the new
members has been great. We have a good
mix of seasoned skiers and rookies on the
team this year and one of the best parts
of ski team is watching yourself and your
teammates improve week to week. As the
season progresses, both the men’s and
women’s teams are skiing hard to make it to
Regionals, the final event of the season. For
those of us that are lucky enough to make
it, Regionals offers a great opportunity to
compete against and watch other skiers from
schools spread across the entire east coast.
Though we all strive to be the best skiers we
can be, Ski team is really about camaraderie.
My favorite thing about ski team and what
I’ve been most looking forward to for the last
WRITTEN BY:
BROOKE LAING,
SECRETARY
ALPINE SKI
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few months, is simply hanging out with all of
these people, who under normal circumstances
might not ever meet. It’s great to become a
part of such a varied group of people who all
come together for the mutual love of skiing. I
cannot wait to spend every weekend for the
next month with my team, whether we’re on
the slopes or off.
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FENCING TEAM
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During this semester the Fencing
Club is expecting to be meeting a few
goals that have been implied before
winter break started during December
2014. Some of these goals that we are
expecting to achieve throughout this
semester are to increase our amount of
actively participating members, travel to
participate in fencing tournaments at other
universities, and host at least one fencing
tournament in the Quinn gymnasium.
These goals were chosen because the
goals can be realistically achieved through
effective marketing, exceptional leadership
demonstrated by each officer, and through
managing resources for travel expenses
and expenses relevant to hosting a
tournament. Since each officer needs to be
an exceptional leader to the fencers and in
society, at least two officers have prepared
themselves physically and mentally for this
season.
Carleton Stuecker, the Secretary of
the Fencing Club, mentioned that
he participated in Kung Fu during the
2014-2015 winter break so he could
improve his balance and flexibility while
being in the proper stance for fencing.
Because of this motivation to improve
his stance while fencing, Carleton is more
capable of demonstrating leadership
through instructing the fencers with his
knowledge so each member has a more
effective fencing practice session, and
this leadership can also be translated to
leadership in his future career. A few other
officers also exercised during this winter
break to meet personal fitness goals as
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well as maintaining a level of fitness that
is required for fencing effectively. One of
these officers that maintained fitness to
meet personal goals and maintain the leg
strength and endurance recommended for
fencing is myself.
I, David Longworth, was elected as the
new Public Relations officer of the Fencing
Club during the officer election that the
group conducted shortly before this past
winter break started. I believe that I will
be able to improve the overall wellbeing
of Appalachian State University’s Fencing
Club because I am studying Marketing
as one of my majors, I was a member
of Elkin High School’s fencing team
throughout most of my high school career
and participated as a member of the high
school’s A-Team during my senior year, and
I have the desire to use my leadership
skills to support the Fencing Club while
also being able to eventually use similar
leadership skills in my career sometime
after I am finished being a student. Being
a leader is an important task for any
individual, especially since leadership is
a necessary concept that is required for
people to be competitive in any aspect
of life such as athletics, employment, and
entrepreneurship. Because I am the new
Public Relations officer and the spring
2015 semester is starting, the other officers
and I are looking forward to some different
concepts throughout the semester.
The other officers and I are looking
forward to meeting new members since
having more members is one of our goals
that we are working toward attaining.
Vlad Vedock and Carleton Stuecker both
stated that they are looking forward to
participating in divisionals sometime
during the semester. I am looking forward
to using my knowledge that I have gained
by studying both of my majors and my
minor toward supporting the Fencing Club.
Collectively, each current member of the
Fencing Club is looking forward to having
a great semester while also helping each
member and the club achieve goals that
promote the professional growth of both
the members and the club.
WRITTEN BY:
DAVID LONGWORTH
PR OFFICER
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WRITTEN BY:
RILEY PARR,
SECRETARY
Last year, we decided to attend an
outdoor festival at the Whitewater
Center in Charlotte, NC. Tuckfest
is a festival that celebrates the
outdoors and hosts a series of
races and challenges, such as trail
running, kayaking, mountain biking,
rock climbing, SUP, and adventure
races. Our team camped out
near the festival and boy, did we
have a blast! We all competed in
a variety of events, from the half-
marathon adventure race (with many
obstacles to overcome during the
event) while myself and a few others
did the numerous mountain bike
competitions, such as the King of
the Hill, Super “G” (think timed single
slalom, my fellow mountain bikers),
and the cross country race. We also
did an over-the-water rock climbing
wall challenge, a flatwater kayak race,
and a couple 5K’s. Needless to say,
we slept like rocks on both nights
we were in Charlotte. The beauty of
the festival was that each of these
races didn’t cost you a dime besides
the festival ticket, which was very
reasonably priced around $35 for the
full weekend. The only drawback was
each car had to pay a daily fee of five
dollars to enter the center, which we
were sort of peeved about.
The festival this year is on our
calendar for April 17-19. We are all
extremely excited for the festival and
are counting down the days until we
can get our tuck on. Stay #aero
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TRIATHLON TEAM
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Well, a new semester is upon us and those of us that attended this week’s Club Sports Council meeting got to see what a busy semester it will be for the Club Sports community. We started the meeting with updates from each team. Alpine Ski, Snowboarding and Ice Hockey are in the midst of their busy schedules and are performing well. The rest of the teams are starting up for the spring seasons and have lots of new athletes coming in.
With no old business to cover, we dove right into new business. The executives asked the council members to list the biggest accomplishments of the fall semester. Topping the list were the national championship reimbursement votes, changing the manual to include Club Sports Awards criteria and the wildly successful Club Sports dodgeball tournament! A great number of others were listed, but it would take days to cover all that. Following this portion of new business, each council member was asked to give a testimony about Club Sports. Specifically, they were asked to explain how the Club Sports community and their team has shaped their college experience. These were collected and
will be used later when we ask for more money from the higher administration (scary, I know).
We then moved into our committees and began to lay the groundwork for the coming semesters work. Team Unity is planning to host another dodgeball tournament and is looking into other organization-wide events. Community service is interested in helping with the dance marathon, and is going to sponsor a spring food drive. Budget committee (really needs a new name…) is going to be running an event during club week involving the pool and boats, and promise there are more details to follow. Publicity committee is going to have Club Sports stickers available in the near future.
After committee work, we heard word from our wonderful coordinators, beginning with Alyssa Gribble, who says that she wants to see a lot more Illustrated articles out this semester and she would also like for me to submit this article in a timelier manner next go round.
Tyler said he will tell us more about UREC when they meet next. Our activities intern this
semester introduced himself. His name is Kyle. He is looking forward to getting to know all of the Club Sports Community. Chelsea Watson was pleased to see everyone in attendance at last week’s facility meeting and is working on getting all of us ample varsity time. Finally, the big boss lady Erin Sanders reviewed the council’s accomplishments from last semester and told the council that there are four new team proposals coming to council this semester. The proposed teams are water polo (in attendance this meeting), archery, racquetball and men’s soccer. Thanks Erin!
We closed with a brief moment from Amanda Pausch, of Fencing, who is in the midst of developing an attendance app for teams to use at practice. Her idea was met with much interest and excitement. Well… we didn’t close with that, but she was the last key speaker. We shut it down with the typical reminders: TURN IN YOUR MIC’s, and DO THE TRAVEL FORMS RIGHT, etc. Thanks for tuning in, I promise the next meeting will be just as much fun.
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WRITTEN BY IAN MCNEIL, CLUB SPORTS EXECUTIVE
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