Maddy Smith recently broke her own 1-meter diving score by over 13 points! In addition to that, she also came in first place in the 3-meter dive, scoring 264.90 compared to her previous school record of 244.60. Smith has been swimming for six years now and diving for three and a half. She originally started…
Swimmers split with St. Norbert
This past weekend, the Vikings’ swim team faced off against St.Norbert’s. It was evenly matched, with the men’s team falling 148-51 but the women managing to take down the Green Knights 117-108. The Lawrentian interviewed senior Natasha Statz who competed in the women’s 200-yard medley relay as well as the women’s 100-yard breaststroke and women’s…
Senior soccer success stories
Last weekend, the men’s and women’s soccer teams had their annual senior night, a game and day devoted to honoring the seniors and all that they have done through their athletic career for their programs. This article features five seniors who were asked a variety of questions ranging from simple ones, like how many years…
Coach’s Corner: Jocelyn Kleiber
Kelli Quick: Why are you interested in being the women’s hockey head coach? Where and how did your interest for hockey start? Did you used to play yourself? Coach Kleiber: Becoming the women’s hockey coach here at Lawrence was a very intriguing position to me because of the professional goals I have for myself. I…
Athlete of the Week: Joe Kortenhof
Kelli Quick: You recently received All-Midwest Region honors with an impressive grade-point average of 3.87. How do you balance your school work with being a D3 athlete? Do you think being a D3 athlete has helped you be successful in the classroom? If so, how? Joe Kortenhof: It’s definitely difficult at times to balance school…
Fencing Flames the competition at LU Open
The Vikings fencing team was well-represented in the rankings in last weekend’s competition in their only home match of the season. Senior Jakub Nowak won the mixed epee title for the men while juniors Vinzenz Mayer and Cameron Maas tied for third. Fencing’s first-year Vikes had a blazing start to their season, with freshmen Timothy…
Athlete of the Week: Hunter Lanton
Hunter Lanton is a sophomore goalkeeper from Dix Hills, New York. Lanton is a key player on the men’s soccer team. In just this season alone, he has already saved over 50 shots on goal and took home his first Midwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week award. Kelli Quick: Coming off a four-game winning…
Volleyball steals one from Carroll
Photo by Sebastian Evans. This past weekend, the Vikings played against Carroll College. The first set was neck-and-neck with Carroll winning by only 2 points. We dropped off in the second set and then rallied our way back in the third. The final score was three to one, with Carroll sealing the game in the…
Annual Lawrence University golf outing
The Lawrence University golf outing takes place every year and this year it will occur June 13-14. The golf outing is an event that creates an opportunity for the athletics department to gather alumni, parents, community supporters and friends to have one day devoted to enhancing and advancing Lawrence athletics. It’s a fundraiser and an…
Ultimate frisbee: Creating future leaders
The ultimate frisbee club, the LU Frisbee Association, requires its members to combine the skills of precision and athleticism in order to be successful. Every member of the team has joined for their own personal reasons. Junior team caption Hannah Goodrich said, “I started playing ultimate my sophomore year of high school, and I instantly…