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Women’s bowling earns first all-divisions ranking
On Feb. 4, the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) released a poll ranking women’s bowling teams in which the Flyers earned No. 18. This is the first time in program history the team has made the all-division poll. Kylie Johnson, one of three team captains, expressed her excitement over the news. “It was really encouraging […]
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Men’s and women’s swim teams receive academic recognition
On Jan. 19, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released the Fall 2020 Scholar All-America teams and both men’s and women’s swim teams made the top ten appearances for Division II. Teams were selected based on their fall 2020 GPAs. The Flyer men finished the semester with a combined 3.45 GPA, while the […]
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Men’s Cross Country Wins GLVC Title
On Oct. 24, the men’s cross country team won the 2020 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Cross Country Championship at Principia College in Elsah, Ill. The Flyers finished with a score of 51 points after defeating Southern Indiana on the last kilometer. This is the first GLVC title the team has won since 2004 and […]
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Women’s Golf Ends Fall Season
On Oct. 19 and 20, the women’s golf team had their final contest of the fall season finishing seventh at the McKendree Bearcat Dual Gender tournament at the Far Oaks Golf Club in Caseyville, Ill. The Flyers finished with a 54-hole total of 950 on the par-72 6,0002-yard layout, scoring 328 in the first round, […]
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Kozak Sisters Bonded by Cross Country
On Sept. 25, the women’s cross country team earned third place at the UIndy Triangular meet – the first of the season. In the five kilometer race, two Flyers in particular, freshmen sisters Abbey and Anna Kozak, had very close finishes, crossing the line just 10 seconds apart from each other. Originally from Lockport, the […]
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Track Runner Caster Semenya Loses Case in Swiss Supreme Court
On Sept. 8, the two-time Olympic athletics champion Caster Semenya lost her case over testosterone rules at Switzerland’s Supreme Court. In May of 2019, the South African appealed against a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that ratified rules defined by track’s governing body, World Athletics, limiting female runners’ testosterone levels in the 400, […]
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