In her final opportunity to compete before the national championships, Sharon Day didn’t let herself down.
The Cal Poly senior won the women’s high jump Saturday afternoon at the West Regional hosted by Cal State Northridge with a mark of 6 feet, 1 « inches – a meet record.
Soon cold weather will be a thing of the past and an invariable slew of sun-drenched days will be here. Summer is just around the corner, which means frozen yogurt, water balloon fights with neighbors and lazy beach days.
Swimsuit season may normally cause a bit of apprehension, and perhaps the gym is too monotonous most days of the week.
What sport requires balance, precision, consistency and a trusty ball with pins? It’s bowling, and the Cal Poly bowling club team is seeking to expand.
The team has been in existence for about five years, with two past captains before its current leader, mechanical engineering junior Kyle Vanden Berg, who’s been bowling for close to 15 years.
When you make a career out of protecting people, recognition from others is replaced by pride in their accomplishments.
“As an offensive lineman, you don’t get a lot of attention. You learn to enjoy attention through others,” says Dan Loney, a former Cal Poly star and current center of the Arena Football League’s San Jose Sabercats.
It’s no secret that the Central Coast is home to some of the world’s most breathtaking scenery. What better place to view it than from a mountain top? “Hiking doesn’t just provide awesome cardiovascular exercise,” kinesiology senior Cole Hughlett said. “It relieves harmful stress, making you healthier both mentally and physically.
Brent Morel and Steven Fischback were named Thursday the Cal Poly baseball team’s player and pitcher of the year, respectively.
Morel, a junior third baseman bestowed the Ozzie Smith Most Valuable Player award (as well as the Monty Waltz Big Stick Award and the Jason Mass Captain’s Award), led the Mustangs with a .
The 37th annual California Cup at Moorpark Community College last weekend was a tournament of redemption for the Cal Poly women’s field hockey club team.
After not capturing the Western Collegiate Field Hockey Conference title in the fall for the first time since the league’s inception in 2004, the Mustangs won the California Cup on Monday, after three years of a third-place finish and two second-place finishes.
Chris Frazeur has been here before. The next step, though, would put him in even more exclusive company.
Frazeur will be one of 15 members of the Cal Poly track and field team looking to qualify for the national championships at West Regional competition at Cal State Northridge this Friday and Saturday.
Tau Sudlow did everything big – especially dreaming.
“There were many instances where you could see that he was going places,” says his older sister, Zakiya Sudlow. “In January, when he was home, he had this DVD on with him playing, and we watched it together.
Cal Poly juniors Brent Morel and Logan Schafer were named Tuesday to the All-Big West Conference First Team.
Morel, a third baseman, led the Mustangs with a batting average of .368 while pacing the conference in both RBI (60) and total bases (140).
His eighth home run of the season was a 10th-inning grand slam that capped Cal Poly’s season-ending, 12-7 win Sunday at UC Riverside.
The Cal Poly football team was voted the “team most on the rise” throughout the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) and ranked 13th nationally in the Any Given Saturday preseason poll released Monday.
AGS takes into account votes from FCS fans frequenting the Web site’s message board of the same name.