Friday, February 9, 2007
Track and field off to a strong start
By Tommy Phillips
staff writer
The Penn State Behrend Indoor Track and Field
team is starting their season off strong.
The team gained their first Eastern College
Athletic Conference (ECAC) qualifier in a meet at
Mt. Union last Saturday. Sophomore Kim Chapman
ran the 500-meter run in 1:23.35, finishing third
place in the event, and becoming Behrend's first
ECAC qualifier this season.
The men's team came in fifth place out of eight
teams in the Mt. Union meet. The top individual
performers were Kenji Ikeo, Rob Shrawder, and
Doug Stevenson. All finished amongst the top five
in the events they competed. Ikeo finished fifth
place in the 500-meter run, giving the team two
points. Shrawder ran the 1000-meter run in 2:47.01,
earning four points. Stevenson finished in third
place in the 55-meter run, earning six points. He fin
ished the run in 6.80 seconds.
The women's team finished in seventh place out
of ten teams in the meet. Chapman's third place per
formance in the 500-meter run was worth six points
for the team. Jenny Bailey also helped the team with
her run of 3:19.22 in the 1000-meter run. She fin
ished in fourth place in her event.
Chapman says the team's goals include qualify
ing for ECAC's in both the indoor and outdoor sea
sons and qualifying for the NCAA's during the out
door season.
'Overall 1 feel that the team is very balanced with
Men's basketball on a roll
By Matt Waronker
assistant sports editor
The new year has treated the Penn State Behrend
Men's Basketball team very kindly. The Lions are
11-1 in 2007, and since their loss to Lake Erie
College on Jan. 18, they have begun a new winning
streak. After two pivotal wins against conference
opponents Penn State Altoona and Medaille
College, Behrend has achieved six consecutive vic
tories. The Lions outscored both opponents by 16
and 20 points respectively, and these games were
crucial towards Behrend's conference record. The
Behrend men, who rank second in the AMCC with
an overall record of 16-5 and an almost flawless
conference record of 14-1, have established a
strong presence in their conference.
The Lions cemented this dominating presence at
home this past Saturday with a 77-61 victory over
visiting conference foe Penn State Altoona.
Behrend leapt out of the gates taking an early lead
and entered the half with a 36-23 advantage.
Despite a few late runs, Altoona was unable to steal
back the lead and Behrend managed to seal the
game with a late run of their own. Behrend was led
by junior center Kevin Buczynski who contributed
16 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Also aiding in
the winning effort were freshman and sophomore
guards Justin Kovac and Tom Newman, who both
scored 10 points.
Behrend sustained their momentum, adding yet
another tally to their win column in Wednesday
night's game at Medaille College. Head coach Dave
Niland attributes much of the team's success
against Medaille to their quick, impressive starts at
the beginning of each half.
"Our quick starts allowed us to establish good
leads," Niland said. "Another big factor was Kevin
Buczynski. He played extremely well."
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Chapman said.
The indoor track and field team will be back in
action this Saturday, Feb. 10th. They will be at the
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points, the Lions earned themselves a decisive 66-
46 victory. Defensively, the Lions allowed only one
Medaille player to reach double digits in scoring.
The Mavericks were held to a dismal 331 shooting
for the game.
The Behrend men will spend the next week on
the road with two crucial upcoming conference
match-ups. The Lions will face La Roche this
Saturday and then travel to Painesville next
Wednesday for a rematch against rival Lake Erie
College. The Storm defeated Behrend 63-51 in their
last meeting, handing the Lions their only confer
ence loss.
Winter X games 11 pushes the limit
Snow boarding phenom. Shaun White. left this years Winter X Games with a sih er in the superpipc
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Winter X Games I I pushed the progression of
extreme sports and its athletes to a whole new level.
Many amazing tricks were thrown down this year
at the X Gaines. and they were broadcasted to 121
different countries. ESPN and ABC combined 15
hours of live programming along, with iTunes and
Mobile ESPN. allowing fans to watch their favorite
video clips. With snowboarding, skiing. and snow
mobiling, the X Games had it all.
This year was meant to he Shaun White's 7th X
Games gold and his sth year undefeated, but touch
ing the ground with his hand cost him those records.
In the past four years White's snowboarding ability,
with his precise landings and super technical runs has
dramatically raised judges expectations of a good run
to perfection. Judges harsh scoring cost many riders
lower grades this year. Riders that pulled amazingly
stylish airs and grinds got lower scores due to lack of
technical aspect. White's run was textbook and every
trick was pulled to the maximum. but on his last
jump, he put his hand down to regain balance and the
judges scored him without mercy. White only
received a silver and a bronze at this year's X Games.
"I was kind of disappointed that Shaun White's
winning streak came to an end. - said Behrend stu
dent and X Games fan Chris Camilleri.
Despite the harsh scoring, all of the competing
snowboarders agree that the fun of riding is hack now
that thr are not trainir rid DP" - for the Winter
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Olympics. In the Olympics, riders are scored b\ a
spin judge, a difficulty judge. a straight air iudge and
an amplitude judge. The X Games judges in overall
impression. and the judges are all pro or ex-pro rid
ers, so they know the sport and the\ know \ he n
someone is riding above the norm.
Because of this judging style, the X Gaines are
synonymous with progression. This gear. Chris
Burandt did a back flip on his snowmobile osera I 10
foot gap, approximatley one and a half semi-trucks.
Behrend student Rob Helm was amazed hr this trick.
"I can't believe someone would es en attempt to flip
a S(X) pound snowmobile over a gap that large.''
Helm said.
The freestyle snowmobile event gave competitors
75 seconds to do as many tricks as possible. Heath
Frisby was the leader in the event with a nearly per
fect score. Burandt wasn't planning on doing a flip
over the 110 foot gap. but he knew that if he did the
judges would boost his score, possibly into first.
Right after Burandt did his flip, Daniel Bodin from
Norway did the same flip but luckily for Burandt.
Daniel's run wasn't as clean.
Downhill skiing was more than impressive w ith
neck-to-neck struggle between Casey Puckett. a 2010
Vancouver Olympics hopeful. and World Cup racer
Jake Fiala. Near the finish. Fiala was sent flying
through the safety nets after losing his edge in the
hard-packed snow.
Winter X Games 11 was no doubt an extremely
progressive and competitive year for the athletes and
next year is expected to push the envelope even fur
ther.
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