Athlete of the Week
Athlete of the Week
G.W. VanderZwaag – Golf
1. When did you first begin playing golf, and what motivated you to start? I first began playing golf around the age of seven when my dad and grandpa introduced me to the game. Their love for golf drove me to want to pick it up. I would go out and play with them at […]
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Boubacar Diallo – Men’s Track and Field
1. How did you first get involved with track and field? And, specifically, with jumping? I was 11 years old when I started track and field with the track club “Espoirs de Bignona” back in Senegal. I joined because, as a kid, I liked the idea of racing against my friends to see who was […]
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Brian Munoz – Baseball
1. How did you first get into baseball? My mom told me that one time, when I was two or three, she put a ball on top of one of those vacuum cleaner hose extensions and gave me a toy bat, and I ran up and hit the ball off of the extension. I think […]
Athlete of the Week
Brian Munoz – Baseball
1. How did you first get into baseball? My mom told me that one time when I was two or three, she put a ball on top of one of those vacuum cleaner hose extensions and gave me a toy bat, and I ran up and hit the ball off of the extension. I think […]
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Kayla Kibling – Softball
1. When did you start playing softball? I started playing softball in fourth grade, and before that, I had played little league baseball since second grade. Even before organized baseball, my siblings and I learned the game from playing catch and hitting in the yard with our dad. 2. What do you consider to be […]
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R.J. Morrow – Track and Field
Junior R.J. Morrow is a hurdler from Rochester, New York. During his freshman year, Morrow placed 11th in State Championships in 60-meter hurdles, running his season record of 8.81 seconds. Despite only running in one meet his sophomore year, this season, Morrow broke the UR school record for the 60-meter sprint with a time of […]
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Michelle Landis – Women’s Club Ultimate Frisbee
1. How did you first get into ultimate frisbee? Ever since I could walk, I’ve always loved to play competitive sports. So, after school volleyball season ended my senior year of high school, I played some casual pick up with some friends and played a bit at summer camp. I knew I wanted to play […]
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Becky Galasso – Track and Field
1. How did you first get involved with running? I’ve always done sports, but I honestly started running because my older brother enjoyed it, so I figured it might be fun. I soon fell in love with track and field. 2. What has been your proudest moment in the sport? I don’t know that I […]
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Danielle Neu ‘17: Women’s Diving
1. How did you first get into diving? My mom was the swimming and diving coach at our high school and would bring me along to all of her meets and practices. Diving always interested me, so I decided to try it when a club team began practicing at our pool. 2. How do you […]
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Mario Yáñez Tapia – Men’s Squash
The first time I wanted to play squash, I was five years old. I had watched my dad play in a squash tournament in Mexico City. He won the tournament, and since then, I played almost every day for four years until he started coaching me and I started competing. I won my first national […]
