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Houember 9,2000
Sports
Sports feature of the week
Students get in shape
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flmanda Anderson
staff Writer
Junior psychology major Nikki Snyder and junior management
intently watch kickboxing instructor Connie Schrader in order
major.
After one week of class, there are
no physical improvements, but
Honeycutt said she is confident that
it will have a positive effect.
“I do not feel any physical differ
ence yet, but I am sure I will be
cause it is so active,” said Honeycutt.
Honeycutt recommends this class
to students who want to work out
without the stress of traditional
classes.
“Everyone should take this class,”
said Honeycutt. “There is no
bookwork and no exams.”
One student said she takes
kickboxing as a way to commit to a
workout.
“I took this class to get in shape,”
said Snyder. “Theonly way I work
out is when it is required. It keeps
me in class when I get a credit for
it.”
Students are currently learning the
proper way to move their arms and
legs, according to Honeycutt.
“We do combinations of kicks
and punches,” said Honeycutt.
Students seem uncomfortable with
what they are doing, according to
Schrader.
“Some people are embarrassed or
afraid of their own power,” said
Schrader. “You start to see the
students take themselves more seri
ously and find their power and
speed.”
The class currently deals with in
dividual no-contact repetitions, but
eventually the class will do some
one on one activity, according to
The UNCA health and fitness
kickboxing class reaps good ben
efits, but too much repetition can
have negative effects, according to
Connie Schrader, UNCA
kickboxing instructor.
“I have had guests come in and
teach,” said Schrader. “They repeat
the material so much that you hit a
wall. I have had people get nau
seous or pass out from too much
repetition, and the intensity of the
work. That is not my goal.”
This class is trying to get away
from repetitious movements, ac
cording to Schrader.
“It is not a lot of repetitive, non
target type movements,” said
Schrader. “Everybody seems
pleased with it.”
“Kickboxing got a real kick with
Billy Blanks, the Tae-Bo instruc
tor,” said Schrader. “I thought a lot
of people would drop this class when
they realized it was not Tae-Bo.”
Kickboxing is a fun and active way
ofworking out, according to Carissa
Honeycutt, an undeclared junior.
“I was very sore after the first week
of class,” said Honeycutt.
After a 50-minute kickboxing ses
sion at 9:25a.m., some students say
they are ready for the day.
“I feel ready for the day, but ex
hausted all at the same time,” said
Nikki Snyder, a junior psychology
PHOTO BY ANTHONY GRECO
major Mark Vanderslice
to do the moves correctly.
Schrader.
“We will eventually do some no
contact sparring,” said Schrader.
“We will use a series of moves to
attack and defend, without kicking
someone in the head or punching
someone in the chest.”
Before students practice one-on-
one activity, they will have to be
come more aware of their range of
motion.
“Before we spar, we need to know
what our distance is,” said Schrader.
“We need to know how far to ex
tend our arms without actually hit
ting someone.”
Once these techniques are learned,
students can relate the concepts to
self-defense, according to Schrader.
“It is an easy leap to self-defense,”
said Schrader. “If you know how
far you need to be away from some
one to avoid hitting them, you also
know how far you need to be to
smack someone.”
At some point in the class, some
self-defense techniques will prob
ably be introduced, but the goal of
the class is not to be able to defend
yourself, according to Schrader.
“This is not a self-defense class,”
said Schrader. “Eventually, I will
probably do some self-defense tech
niques.”
“I am not training them to be
fighters, but more to be powerful,”
said Schrader.
“I hope people begin to use the
abdominal and their breathing to
gain a quiet core and a strong pe
ripheral,” said Schrader.
The UNCA athWc department is providing a free shuttle
service for the Western Carolina and UNCA men’s basket
ball game Dec. 4. The shuttle will provide service to stu
dents who would like to attend the WCU/UNCA game at
the Asheville Civic Center. The shuttle will run every 15
minutes beginning at 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. and will
leave from UNCA's dining hall. The shuttle will also run
after the game and will bring students back to campus.
For more information, call the athletic department at
25M923.
Cross Country places
second in conference
Lena Burns
Sports Editor
UNCA men’s and women’s cross
country teams took home two sec
ond-place trophies and two indi
vidual runner-up medals at the Big
South Conference championships
held at Charlestowne Landing in
Charleston, S.C. Oct. 28.
“I am very proud of everyone,”
said head coach Stan Rosenthal.
“They all knew what each had to do
to reach our team’s goals. I always
tell the team, if they do their best,
then good things will happen. (Our
win) was the proof of that philoso
phy.”
The women’s team, led by se
niors Zola Davis and Mandy
Becker, freshman Micki Logue and
sophomore Birka Wicke, placed sec
ond behind Liberty University with
59 points, according to the cross
country Web site.
Junior Laura Todd finished 21st
in the race after hitting a tree root
and falling with only a mile left in
the race, according to the cross coun
try Web site. Logue, who placed
11th in the race, missed the All-
Conference slot by only one spot.
Becker and Wicke placed 12th
and 13th.
Davis won her second consecu
tive runner-up medal and ran her
best of the season
with a time of
18:20. She has a
chance at placing
in the top 25 at
the National Col
legiate Athletic
Association
Southeast Re
gional Champi
onships and an
NCAA All-Re
gion award, ac
cording to the
cross country
Web site.
The men’s
team, led by se
nior Brendan
McGrane, also
placed second in
the race, accord
ing to the cross
country Web site.
“McGrane ran a
perfect race,” said
Rosenthal. “At the mile-mark, he
was in 20th place, (and at) two
miles, he was in the top 10. By three
miles, he was in the lead pack of
four runners.” McGrane also won a
runner-up medal.
Senior Brandon Trollip and fresh-
PHOTO COURTESY OF CROSS
COUNTRY WEB SITE
Freshman Joel Collier
finished 29th in the race
with one missing shoe and
an injured hamstring.
man Nick Raguso were both in the
top 15 at the third mile, with Raguso
finishing 12th place and almostwon
the Rookie of the
Year award, ac
cording to the
cross country
Web site.
Freshmen Joel
Collier and
Carmin Mazzota
were in the top 25
at the third mile,
but Collier’s ham
string muscle
tightened at the
fourth mile. On
top of his ailment.
Collier had to kick
off his right rac
ing shoe, which
had become un
tied and finished
29th with one
bare foot, accord
ing to the cross
country Web site.
The men’s and
women s cross
country teams will participate in
the NCAA Southeast Regional
Championships Nov. 11 at Furman
University.
This will be their toughest race of
the year, according to the cross
country Web site.
the Earl Schrier Memorial Lectu
TuL'bulei
t Souls:
A Catholic Son’s Return To His jewish Family
a talk by Stephen Dubner
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
7:30 p.m.
Owen Conference Center, Owen Hall,
UNCA
Free and open to the public
Stephen]. Dubner’s national best-seller, Turbulent
Souls: A Catholic Son’s Return to His jewish Family, is
based on a cover story he wrote for Time, where he was
a writer and editor from 1994 to 1999. The article was
one of the most discussed stories in the history of Time
n.agazine.
As a journalist, he has appeared frequently on national
television and radio, and in conjunction with his book
he has lectured across the country. Before joining the
staff of the New York Times, Dubner was a writer and
editor at New York Magazine. A graduate of the M.F.A.
program in creative writing at Columbia, he received
his B.A. from Appalachian State University.
“/ have never read a conversion story that was also a love story,
but Stephen ]. Dubner has written one. I couldn’t put it down."
—lack Miks, Cod: A Biography
A book signing and reception in honor of the
memory of Earl Schrier will follow.
This program is made possible by a generous gift from Mrs.
Rosalie Schrier in memory of her beloved late husband, Ear!
Schrier, who was a leader in the Jewish community and one of
the founders of the Center for Jewish Studies at UNCA.
For further information, call the
Center for Jewish Studies at
251-6576.
Visit our home page:
www.unca.edu/cj s