At Lawrence, roughly a quarter of the student body is involved with athletics. While this statistic gives an interesting read into the presence of athletics on campus, it fails to include an important segment of the Lawrence athletic community, the faculty. Many of Lawrence’s professors are notable athletes in their own right. Megan Pickett, Associate…
“Fields of Friendly Fire” by Timothy P. Brown
Throughout history, athletics have been popular. People enjoy partaking in, and rooting for, athletic teams. Times of war are no exception to this. However, when a nation’s resources and its people, are devoted to warfare, friendlier competition is often affected. The first World War was no exception. During World War I, collegiate athletics were interrupted.…
Team of the Week: Cross Country
Photo courtesy of Teddy Kortenhof This week I had the chance to talk to Hannah Kinzer and Teddy Kortenhof, both senior runners for Lawrence’s women’s and men’s cross country teams. It may seem weird to be talking to cross country athletes in the winter; however, both teams were just honored for academic excellence by the…
Running out of winter strong
Last weekend, Lawrence Indoor Track and Field traveled to University of Wisconsin-Platteville for its second meet of the season, the Pioneer Invitational. Serving as the half-way point of the season, the performance of the Vikings in the meet gives a reliable preview of the conference meet in three weeks. In the meet, both the men’s…
The road to the conference meet
Last Saturday, Lawrence’s swim team traveled to UW -Whitewater for the UW- Whitewater Double Dual against Whitewater and Lake Forest College. As one of the Vikings’ final few meets before the conference championships, the meet was an important test of where the team stacks up against their competition. The meet saw a number of exemplary…
Blast from the Past: An Introduction to Lacrosse
What’s that? A lacrosse stick. What? Many people will ask questions like these this spring term simply because they have never seen the game played. Although not big in the Midwest or the South, most eastern schools have extensive Lacrosse programs. The game Lacrosse originated in the northeast section of the United States and Quebec…
Uneven Ice for men’s hockey
While most of Lawrence’s student body has been acclimating to the winter, there is a small group that has been thriving on it. Lawrence University’s Hockey team has started winter term off on the right foot with a pair of strong showings. The hockey team has stayed busy over break, appearing in seven games since…
Blast from the Past: Walter Praises Freshman Team
Freshman football coach George Walter expressed belief this week that the material graduating into Lawrence Varsity ranks is some of the best to turn up in the college’s history. The frosh mentor, in a review of the junior Vike’s six week season, gave particularly high praise to the 47 promising gridders for the fine squad…
Janusiak wins second conference title, breaks records, leads team to fourth place finish
Last Saturday, the Lawrence Cross Country team competed in this year’s Midwest Conference Championships. The meet was hosted by Illinois College in Jacksonville, Ill. After stellar performances at the Gene Davis invitational, hosted by Lawrence University on Oct. 7 and the Kollege Town invitational, hosted by UW Oshkosh on Oct. 14, both the Men’s and…
Blast from the Past: ANY OLD ROAD: Cross Country team gears up for conference
“Any Old Road” is a column written by members of the Lawrence Cross Country Team for the pleasure and reading enjoyment of the entire Lawrence community. Its primary purpose is to serve as a venue through which statistics and results regarding the Cross Country team can be relayed… if just a bit creatively. The title…