Friday, January 13, 2006
Swimming and diving compete with small squad
By George I)usckas 111
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The Penn State Erie men and women's swim
teams arc making a splash. Though their swim
meet record might not show it, this is a good
swim team. Both the men and women's team are
very shorthanded this year, with the men down to
two swimmers and one diver for the spring
semester after two other swimmers transferred
elsewhere. The women have only six swimmers.
This is the reason why they haven't won a meet
yet. !lead coach Jen Wallace stated that if they
would have had a full roster this year, the team
would he making a lot more noise and winning
most of their
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They swim against Mt. Union at home in the
Junker ('enter on Friday. Jan. 13 at 6 p.m. And
then on Saturday. Jan. 14. they travel to take on
Edinboro University at I p.m. Coach Wallace
states that for the remainder of the season, they
will he focusing on individual achievements and
goals rather than trying to fill events that her
swimmers aren't strong in.
The team doesn't care about winning the meet
1. Dave Wannstedt- Pittsburgh Panthers head football coach whose mous
tache has led fans to refer to their coach as "Wannstache."
2. Jake Plummer- Devner Broncos quarterback who uses his face as a
palette of tribute to his fallen teammate Pat Tillman
3. Ben Roethlisberger- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who began growing
his heard due to the cold Pennsylvania weather.
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ly ridiculed by most adolescent boys.
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2. Seattle 5:1
3. Denver 7:1
4. New England 7:1
5. Chicago 10:1
6. Carolina 15:1
7. Pittsburgh 20:1
8. Washington 100:1
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-Coach Wallace
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as a team, as that is basically an impossible goal
for such a small team; however, they want to go
out and win the events that they do swim and try
to place first or second in every event that they
compete in.
One meet in particular that they might have an
outside chance at winning is a tri-meet Jan. 21 in
Altoona. PA against both Penn State Altoona and
Frostburg State. "Everyone on this team has
their own specialty and all the swimmers arc
very good, - Coach Wallace said about the stand
outs on both the men and women's side.
Four swimmers, two of the men and two of the
women, have a very good chance at swimming
in the ECAC championships held at the
University of Pittsburgh during the last weekend
of February. They are Dustin Fairchild, Cindy
Morales, Melissa Pilewski and Anthony Spoto
Men and Women's swimming roster :
Men:
Dustin Fairchild (Sophomore Corry, PA)
- 2(X) Freestyle and all other events
Alejandro Nieto (Sophomore Lima, Peru)
- Diver
Anthony Spoto (Sophomore Birmingham, MI)
-50 & (X) Freestyle, I(X) Breaststroke
Women
Liz Bross (Senior Eric. PA)
- 50 & 100 Freestyle
Erin Emrich (Freshman Churchville, NY)
- 1(X) & 2(X) Breaststroke, 2(X) IM
Leah Haller (Junior Ottawa. IL)
- all Freestyle events
Ashlce Marchand (Soph. Londonderry, NH)
- 50 & 1(X) Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke
Cyndi Morales (Soph. Mexico City, Mexico)
- Distance Freestyle, all other events
Melissa Pilcwski (Sophomore Cranesville, PA)
- 100 & 2(X) Breaststroke, 50 Freestyle
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Sophomore Cyndi Morales leads a limited Lions' squad. With only nine women and live men, the Blue
and White look to make a splash this year against their larger opponents. Next meet is Jan. 13, 2006.
Hits:
- Tom Brady (QB New England Patriots): 15-27, 201 yards. 55.6 completion per
centage, long of 63, 3 Tds, 116.4 QB rating in the Patriots 28-3 victory over the
Jacksonville Jaguars.
- Carolina Panthers defense: The Panthers charged into Giants Stadium, where the
Giants are 7-1 this season, and allowed only 132 yards of total offense in their shut
out of New York. Carolina also forced five turnovers in the game (3 ints, 2 fumbles).
- Kobe Bryant (Guard Los Angeles Lakers): After scoring 41 points Wednesday
night against Portland, Bryant has maintained his average of 40 plus points per game
over the last 5 games. Kobe leads the league with a 34.3 ppg average.
- Bruce Sutter (Pitcher): This week, Suttcr was inducted into the Major League
Baseball Hall of Fame after 12 seasons in the majors from 1976-1988. Sutter had 300
saves in his career while possessing a 2.83 career ERA. . .
Misses:
- Marcus Vick (QB V-Tech): After blatantly stomping on Louisville defenSive end
Elvis Dumerville's leg, Vick was arrested and charged with brandishing a
. weapon
after and altercation with three teenagers at a local McDonald's.
- Sean Taylor (DB Washington Redskins): Taylor was ejected from last weekend's
game against Tampa for allegedly spitting in the face of Michael Pittman. Monday,
Pittman was fined $17,000 by the NFL.
- Morris Peterson (Guard Toronto Raptors): Peterson was ejected from Sunday's
game against the Nets for retaliating to a slap from former teammate Vince Carter.
Peterson claims that he shouldn't receive a fine from the League.
- The Pittsburgh Penguins: In regards to their loss to the Oilers, Coach Michel
Therrien said it all, "It's a pathetic performance. Half of the team doesn't care.
They're doing the best job to be the worst defensive squad in the league. They turn
the puck over. They have no vision. The guys don't care. They pretend to care, but I
know they don't care. We should take 50 percent of their salaries because they play
only 50 percent of the time."
- Bodie Miller: Olympic skier who announced to the nation that he has skied drunk
before and plans on doing the same in the future. Miller announces his past just
before preparation begins for the 2006 Torino Olympics.
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Washington 12-2
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Boston College 11-4
West Virginia 11-3
George Washington 11-1
North Carolina State 13-2
Ohio State 12-1
North Carolina 10-2
Wisconsin 13-2
Oklahoma 9-4
Maryland 11-4
Arizona 10-4
Cincinnati 13-3
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