This weekend is the Indoor PSAC Conference Championships at Edinboro University. There have been many stellar performances throughout the PSAC this indoor season and now they will all come together to battle for a coveted conference title!
Now as a distance runner myself, these are my "FIVE" distance runners to keep an eye on this weekend in Edinboro...
#1 Bryan Beegle SR Shippensburg (Mile and 3k)
Beegle has been the man so far this indoor season. He leads the conference by a whopping 5 seconds in the mile, with a NCAA auto time of 4:06.30. He also reported split a 4:04 on Shippensburg's US#2 Distance Medley Relay team. He will definately be the man to beat this weekend.
#2 Stephen Schelander SR Shippensburg (Mile, 3k)
Schelander has also been on a great tear this indoor season running provo times in the Mile (4:13) and 5k (14:26). He is one of the most consistent performers in the conference and he definately wants to end his senior indoor campaign with a bang.
#3 Clint Keller JR IUP (Mile, 3k, 5k)
After redshirting Cross Country this fall, Clint has seemed to come out of nowhere to be an elite performer in the PSAC this indoor season. He is seeded second in both the mile (4:11) and 3k (8:31) and seeded 5th in the 5k (15:10). If he continues this hot streak he's put on of late, he will be very tough to beat.
#4 James McBride SR Millersville (3k, 5k)
McBride is having a solid indoor season being seeded 5th in the 3k (8:33) and the 5k (15:10). But with the news of the execution of the Millersville XC, Indoor and Outdoor teams, all eyes will on him to see how he respond to these developments. He will definately be a crowd favorite.
#5 Kevin Jewel JR Slippery Rock (400, 800, 4x8, 4x4)
Jewel is a level of consistency in the PSAC, never really seeming to have a bad race and always being in the mix at the PSAC championships. Having won the last 2 outdoor 800 titles, it will be interesting to see if he can win his first indoor 800 title.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
LINSANITY!!!!!!!
The NBA never ceases to intrigue me. The drama and the captivation of this league is the reason why NBA basketball is my favorite year after year. "The Decision" last year had me on the edge of my seat and really got me into tuning into every televised Heat game last year, along with checking their box score the first thing in the morning the day after their games. The "David vs. Goliath" and "Us against the World" plotlines really made for an exciting 2010-12 season.
But this year's hot NBA story TOTALLY came from left field.
If you would've told me at the beginning of the season that an Asian-American point guard from Harvard, who was cut by 2 teams, would come out of absolutely nowhere to lead the New York Knicks from total embarrassment and lead take the world by storm in a grand total of 9 games...I would have thought you would have been crazy...but then again, I wouldn't expect anything less from the NBA.
I love this story. In the age of big-time high school and college sports and elite scouting services - where they pick and pick and pick and scrutinize every player extensively - how does Jeremy Lin fall through the cracks?
Maybe it was his lack of a basketball pedigree. Maybe it's in Mike D' Antoni's run and gun/point guard first system, where Steve Nash thrived for years in Phoenix. Maybe with a Harvard degree, some teams thought he was too nerdy for the NBA. Maybe he really isn't that good and we are all watching a shooting star, that looks really cool for the night you watch it, but eventually flames out. Maybe it was his race...
But all in all, an unlikely NBA star is born. A star that everyone all around the world has come to adore and embrace. And with this love, he is the biggest NBA star and probably the most marketable global sports star since Yao Ming.
My thoughts are with you Derrick Rose. Because the 2012 NBA all-star game might be the last one you ever start if the world keeps staying high on Linsanity...
But this year's hot NBA story TOTALLY came from left field.
If you would've told me at the beginning of the season that an Asian-American point guard from Harvard, who was cut by 2 teams, would come out of absolutely nowhere to lead the New York Knicks from total embarrassment and lead take the world by storm in a grand total of 9 games...I would have thought you would have been crazy...but then again, I wouldn't expect anything less from the NBA.
I love this story. In the age of big-time high school and college sports and elite scouting services - where they pick and pick and pick and scrutinize every player extensively - how does Jeremy Lin fall through the cracks?
Maybe it was his lack of a basketball pedigree. Maybe it's in Mike D' Antoni's run and gun/point guard first system, where Steve Nash thrived for years in Phoenix. Maybe with a Harvard degree, some teams thought he was too nerdy for the NBA. Maybe he really isn't that good and we are all watching a shooting star, that looks really cool for the night you watch it, but eventually flames out. Maybe it was his race...
But all in all, an unlikely NBA star is born. A star that everyone all around the world has come to adore and embrace. And with this love, he is the biggest NBA star and probably the most marketable global sports star since Yao Ming.
My thoughts are with you Derrick Rose. Because the 2012 NBA all-star game might be the last one you ever start if the world keeps staying high on Linsanity...
Monday, February 13, 2012
Career Interest
My career interest area is involved in Sport Marketing and Information. I am interested in this area because I am want to work with people to market my organization to the public and inform the public about what we are doing in this organization. This includes getting sponsors, taking care of advertising and publicity, public relations, public speaking, slaes, setting up news conferences, reporting scores and statistics to the media, preparing press guides, advertisments and other related materials.
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