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February 7, 2014

2 CLUB SPORTS ILLUSTRATED /// February 7th, 2014

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Swimming - The Sport that Always Calls you Back

Cycling - Why I Joined

SNowboarding - Calling All Park Rats: Unite!

Equestrian - Why I Joined

TEam Updates

Fencing

Women’s Basketball

Alpine Ski

Women’s Rugby

Triathlon

Women’s Lacrosse

Women’s Soccer

Women’s Ultimate

Cover Photo provided by Swim Team

THE FEB 7th Edition of the Club Sports Illustrated

Designed by Miles Elliottwith assets from Marcie Ried

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Swimming is definitely a sport that always calls you back.

Many of us on the Club Swim Team were year round swimmers who got burnt out when we were younger, but came to college and realized how much we missed the feel of the water and the people we shared the pool with. There is a mentality and a type of pride that all swimmers have, based off the fact that our sport strains and pushes your

body past its limits. Swimming takes perseverance and dedication like no other sport.

For me, propelling myself through the water is one of the most cleansing feelings you can get. It’s the white noise of the water as it moves around you, and the cool splash of the water that hits against you with every stroke you take. That is what brings me back: the desire to feel the type of exhaustion and worry-free feeling that only swimming can bring you.

“There is a mentality and a type of pride that all swimmers have...”

Swimming:The Sport That AlwaysCalls You

BackSwimming calls you back because it is a sport that is always there. Regardless of age, season, or how long you’ve been out of the water, you can always get back in the water and push yourself in a way other sports couldn’t imagine.

by Kelly Lineberry, President

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I learned to ride a bike at a young age and have vague memories of my Dad pushing me along the driveway.

My cousins live down the street and sometimes my Mom would let me ride to their house only if she went along with me though. It wouldn’t be long before I became bored with my new found skill. My first bike would inevitably become a rusty piece of junk. I would not rediscover the joy of cycling until my Freshman year here at App. First, I was on the Rugby team

where I made some friends who would go mountain biking. I bought a cheap bike and would ride around on campus with them. That Summer, a bike shop opened in my hometown and there I bought my first road bike. My Sophomore year I made the switch from rugby to cycling.

I’ll always consider joining the Cycling Team to be one of the best decisions I’ve made. What I found wasn’t just a team, but a group of folks who are now some of my best friends. Over the past three years some of the best experiences I’ve had, have been because of opportunities

StateAppCycling Joined

Why Iby Zeb Ramsbotham, Member

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presented by the team. A drive across the country to Utah, a bike ride from Boone to Wilmington, and watching the Cyclocross World Championships in Louisville are just a few of those experiences. It’s experiences like these that are the reason I am a part of the Cycling Team. Of course it’s also a great group to ride, race, and train with! Riding with friends is always more enjoyable especially on these cold Winter days. They really are a great group of people and an amazing support group. And that is why I am a member of the Appalachian State Cycling Team.

“What I found wasn’t just a team, but a group of folks who are now some of my best friends.”




“TODAY IS TRICK DAY, LETS SHRED!”

Those are the only words that the Appalachian Slope-style Snowboard Team needs to hear, to throw the covers back and gear up for the early morning competitions. This year, the Appalachian State Snowboard Team has created quite a slope-style crew, who head to the mountain every week and unite as park rats in the Appalachian Ski Mountain Terrain Park. This

is the first year that the team has had a big slope-style team, and every member is loving it.

There is nothing a park rat loves more than new features in the park to go out and throw tricks on. The stoked feeling of landing a new trick is something hard to describe. It is a great feeling of self-accomplishment that only a true snowboarder can identify with. The terrain park is a place where creativity is born. Slope-style riders can just let go of the tension that comes with racing

UNITE!Calling All Park Rats:

by Katrina Matza, Secretary

Photo Provided by Snowboard Team



by Katrina Matza, Secretary and create new tricks and moves, showing off how creative or how daring they truly are. There are always endless possibilities to learn new tricks for slope-style riders, because it is more than just going down the mountain and coming back up the lift. For many riders it is their escape from reality. You feel free to do what you want to do. You can choose how you ride, how fast you go, and best of all, have fun with your fellow snowboarding buddies to whom you can show off your tricks and compete against. The flying feeling of jumping into the air, the floating

feeling of riding through powder, and the adrenalin feeling of going fast; it is all part of the amazing sport of snowboarding. What makes snowboarding better than other things that are fun, is that you, as a boarder, are constantly progressing, and the feeling you get from that is amazing!

Any experienced rider will tell you although falling hurts, it’s part of the fun and motivation to try again. Stomping that trick that you’ve been messing up on for a park rat is an amazing feeling. You may say, “only one

“There is nothing a park rat loves more than new features in the park to go out and throw tricks on.”

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more run” and then you manage to stick the trick, and then all of a sudden, that one run turns into five. Snowboarding in the terrain park is an addiction to many slope-style riders. Also, snowboarding has always kind of been the different thing to do on the mountain. Skiing has mainly dominated the slopes for the past decades, thus snowboarding has been the counter-culture, and that is why the Appalachian State Slope-style Snowboard Team is a big family of Park rats, who share a love for boarding and the terrain park.

This past weekend the Appalachian Slope-style Snowboard team traveled to Wisp Ski Resort in Maryland. The team has never been to this mountain, so the excitement was overwhelming on the 8 hour car ride, but once the team hit the slopes, there was nothing on their minds but shredding the gnar, and placing well in the competition. The team gives a shout out to their top slope-style rider, Drew Cook, who is in his senior year at Appalachian State, and has been a member on the team for four years now. Drew snagged 2nd place overall in the

men’s division with his steezy, gnarly park skills. For the girls team, Katrina Matza placed 8th the first day, and Celcilia Hellem took 12th on the second day. The entire snowboard team is excited to travel for the last time before regionals to Snowshoe Mountain this weekend to compete in both giant slalom and slope-style. The season is almost already over, but the friendships, and love for snowboarding that has been created this year will keep soaring! Keep it steezy, my awesome family of park rats!

“You may say, “only one more run” and then you manage to stick the trick, and then all of a sudden, that one run turns into five.”



I have been riding horses since before I could walk. Before I even had motor skills of my own, my mother would literally hold me in her lap while she slowly walked around on her horse.

Horses and the equine sport have been in my blood ever since. It was not even a question if I would join the Club Sport’s Equestrian Team at Appalachian State University when I chose to attend. I toured the school my senior year of high school and I fell in love with the barn and the welcoming, professional and enthusiastic team members. I grew up as a competitive rider and I had always dreamed of trying out for a competitive varsity sport when I attended college. That vision quickly

faded when I was introduced to the peaceful balance between competitive riding and the acceptance of all skill levels that the Club Sports program offers. I enjoy the fact that anyone can decide to experience the equine sport, no matter their age or skill level and we can help him or her accomplish that. This is my fourth year on the Equestrian Team and my second year in an officer position. As busy as I am, I can honestly say that I have remained dedicated to this team because of the investment that each of the members puts into the team. It is inspiring to see a passion and skill become a lifestyle. We train our hearts out, traveling to our barn that is over an hour away, some riders four times a week. We create and build on our success every semester with pure student leadership and determination. I chose this team, because riding

has always been my life, but I have remained dedicated to the team because of the amazing team members that put their hearts and souls into making this one of the most progressive and well known Club Sport’s teams on the campus. I am very proud of my team and cannot wait to watch the continued growth in the organization of the team as well as in competition success.

“It is inspiring to see a passion and skill become a lifestyle.”

by alex Fogleman

Why I joined the Equestrian Team

by Chloe Paddison, Hunt Seat Competing Member, Vice President

Photo by Joey Johnson, 2013 CS Photo Comp Winner


During these past couple of weeks, the Appalachian State University Fencing Club has been chock full plans for exciting future events.

Conditioning has already resumed in order to train the club’s members for upcoming tournaments, including the still long-awaited day of the North Carolina division’s national qualifying tournament. On top of that, new members are being introduced to the basics of the

sport including footwork, bout mechanics and what all of the club’s gear is for.

As for what else the Appalachian State University Fencing Club has in store for the year the club is currently still in the midst of planning training events with Wake Forest University’s Fencing Club as well as organizing extra practice days with Fencing Coach, Matt Parmer of the Knights of Sienna fencing club in Morganton, North Carolina. To top everything off, ASU’s Fencing Club will also be engaging in a fundraiser with the Comeback

Shack this month on Wednesday, February 19th in order to acquire funds for tournament hosting, travel expenses, and hopefully acquiring new gear for club use. Anybody interested in assisting with the club’s efforts is encouraged to stop by.

Team Update

“Fencing club will also be engaging in a fundraiser with the Comeback Shack this month on Wednesday, February 19th”

FenCingby alex Fogleman, Member

Photo by Chandler Jenkins


The Women’s Club Basketball Team has been preparing for their regional tournament in College Park, Maryland this weekend.

Women’s Club Basketball has implemented 5 new plays with plans to attack all types of defense. The Team has two practices left before leaving town on Friday morning bright and early. The team is excited for this big road trip and our goal is to make it through the first 2 rounds and improve since

the last regional tournament last spring. It’s going to be tough competition and there will 28 teams from all across the country to compete. This tournament is one of NIRSA’s biggest sites as they host both men and women’s teams. The team is excited to stay with Anna Lipocky’s family while they are in Maryland and can’t wait for some home cooked meals! The team hopes that practices thus far will prepare them for the quick and experienced teams they will face. The Women’s Club Basketball Team is thankful to have the opportunity to compete and all

woMen’S BaSKetBaLLby elena Kacan, Secretary

Team Update

of the girls are involved because they are passionate about winning and playing the sport they love.

“It’s going to be tough competition and there will 28 teams from all across the country to compete.”

Photo Provided by Women’s Baksetball Team


Ski season is fully underway with races the past four weekends, and for the next two weekends as well.

The Alpine Ski Team has come together better than anyone has ever seen. The cheering on the hill, the boot buckling in the start shack, and the ever-important ski tuning lessons, just to name a few. Two weekends ago was two days of Giant Slalom at Bryce, and after a cramped house, and some chilly weather Sunday morning, the ski team tried to do some work this weekend.

The course was flat to start, and then there was a steep pitch with an under gate that confused some people, and some tight turns to an open final few gates. The under gate is two gates right after each other, and are intended to change the color of the next gate. So instead of turning right at blue gates, it changes it to left turn at the blues. It can be very confusing, and caused a few people to DSQ, but most people handled it well. The team struggled a little bit that weekend with a very technical course that required a lot of knowledge of tactics and downhill ski pressure. It was a

tough course, and some tough results, but every one had a great time.

It was a great weekend for most that raced. The events went smoothly and quickly and we were finished by 11am on both

“It was a tough course, and some tough results, but every one had a great time.”

aLPine SKi

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by Crosby taymore

Team Update

Photo by Sara Beeken


days, which was wonderful! We got back to Boone by about 5:15pm, in time for the concert in the middle of the Seahawks bowl.

The course was fairly straight at the top, but over the headwall it got icy and really turny. The final flush was not straight and got a few people by surprise. The results were good for the guys. The girls’ team is really missing

the speed of the injured Sara Beeken.

Next weekend is the ever popular Snowshoe race with GS on Saturday and Slalom and Slopestyle on Sunday.

The top three men are Crosby Taymore, Jeff Severini, and Trevor Thomas. The top three women are Ashley Cutrell, Alexis Everett, and Sarah Honeycutt

aLPine SKi Cont.

This past Saturday (February 1st) the AHO Women’s Rugby team played long time rival, UNCC Women’s Rugby team.

The weather made a perfect day for a crushing rugby game. Not too hot or too cold and just a slight breeze. Right off the bat we scored our first try and everything went downhill for Charlotte from there.

For many years before my time (this being my third year playing),

there has been a huge rivalry between our team and UNCC. That being said and this game being our first in Matrix season, the 101-0 WIN in favor of AHO was a great victory. Yes you read that right: 101 to 0! Despite the high score the game was most certainly a confidence booster after coming off a half and half fall season but also humbling because we all know how easily we could have been in Charlotte’s position. Additionally, the game was very friendly on both parts despite the rivalry and I can speak for the team when I say that the rivalry among our teams had greatly diminished.

This weekend we were supposed to host UNCW at home.Unfortunately due to a lack of numbers on their part UNCW has forfeited the game. Despite this, we plan to continue to practice as if we did have a game this weekend because, regardless of our win this past weekend, we have a lot of room for improvement. We are excited for this Matrix season and we hope to make it to regionals and nationals for the third year in a row. We wish luck to all other club sports teams and Appalachian varsity sports with their competitions occurring this semester! Go App!

The men’s team is currently sitting in second place. The women’s team is sitting in sixth place only 4 points behind UNC. The top five teams in the conference make regionals. To find out if our girl’s team makes it, follow Appalachian State University Alpine Ski Team on Facebook.

woMen’S RugByby Kelly Castanho, President

Team Update


The Triathlon Team has started to get back into the rhythm of training for the semester as a team!

Pool practices at 6:30 am on Tuesday mornings are reminding everyone how to work hard even when the weather does not cooperate. No one can make excuses about the cold when the temperature of the pool water constantly remains around 80 degrees. Despite the early practice time, record numbers of members have been showing up to swim. Next week, the team will head out onto the track to shred some rubber with speed work.

Hopefully the icy wind will only motivate the team to keep the legs moving faster!

Of course, no training is complete without refueling to replace lost calories and build muscle. The team made an outing to Woodlands Barbeque Restaurant last week to work on team camaraderie. No one held back in shoveling down some true Southern food while getting to know each other better. The team is excited to have a few new members this semester, including international students from France and Chile. It will be great to exchange cultures

Team Update

tRiatHLonby anna gannett, President

and training techniques that go beyond what we know in our corner of the world. The triathlon team is working towards achieving worldwide status as the coolest team around!

“...No training is complete without refueling to replace lost calories and build muscles.”

Photo Provided by Triathlon Team


To start our spring season off, Women’s Lacrosse went through some leadership changes.

Our original vice president moved up to president and we have just elected a new vice president, Tori Pacheco. We are currently working on scheduling games, as well as planning a home tournament, team bonding activities, and fundraisers for this semester. We hope to get committees set up for each of these so that all of our girls can be involved in running our team.

We just had our first outdoor practice and things seem to be going well. We have three new players joining us this semester so we are going over plays, names, and rules for the semester. Our new girls are picking up everything we go

over very quickly and will be ready to play in our first game at Brevard on February 16th. Overall, with new leadership and new members joining us this semester, our team has a positive outlook on this spring season.

woMen’S LaCRoSSeby Molly Lancaster, President

Team Update

“Our new girls are picking up everything we go over incredibly quickly”

Photo Provided by Women’s Lacrosse Team

Photo Provided by Women’s Lacrosse Team


Women’s Club Soccer will be starting the spring season soon with our first game, February 9th at UNC Chapel Hill.

We finished in the fall with a pretty good record and even made it to Regionals, but we hope to have an even better record for the spring! Over break, senior Cat Boyte, stepped in for Bailey Pages as VP. Cat

began scheduling games over break against UNCCH, Johnson and Wales, Campbell, ETSU, and a few other schools. New faces have been coming out to practice and everyone is in high spirits. This season we look forward to adding depth to the team and playing together on the field. Unfortunately, this will be a lot of the girls last season with the club before they graduate. One team goal is to place first in the UNC Chapel Hill

7v7 tournament in April. We look forward to meeting new faces, and having a great season!

Team Update

“This season we look forward to adding depth to our team and playing together on the field.”

woMen’S SoCCeRby taylor Branton, treasurer

Photo Provided by Women’s Soccer Team


The Nonads have hit the ground running at the start of the spring season, having already competed in two tournaments.

The team competed in their first tournament January 25th in Clemson, SC and played in their second tournament of the semester this past weekend, traveling to Chapel Hill, NC to play in the Tarheel Tune-Up hosted by UNC. On Saturday they played four games, coming out at the end of the day with three wins and one loss. The Nonads beat Davidson in their first game of the day, with one player shining especially bright: Maggie Kauffmann scored seven of the team’s thirteen points of the game, and

played so hard she ended up suffering an injury before the game was over, forcing her to sit out the rest of the weekend. While the team would have really benefitted from having Kauffmann for the remaining six games, her contribution to the Davidson game was crucial and well appreciated. Now down to only two subs, the Nonads suffered a loss in their second game to Wake Forest, a serious rival. The team won the last two games of the day versus UNC Greensboro and Duke, with every player scoring at least one point. Sunday play started bright and early with a game against UNC Asheville, which was the last game of pool play, and the only win of the day. After playing UNCA the Nonads lost a tough game to the host team, UNC Chapel Hill, and then again to

Wake Forest. While the losses were disappointing, everyone who went to the tournament played their best and made the officers proud; the exhaustion of the previous games caught up to many during the last two games of Sunday. Despite having only two subs most of the weekend, the ASU Nonads still managed to take fourth place out of twelve teams. Weekends like this only help improve the skill and cohesion of the team as a whole.

Team Update

woMen’S uLtiMateby ingrid Humphrey, Secretary

“Everyone who went to the tournament played their best and made the officers proud;”

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