This weekend, thousands of people showed up to participate in in the nationally-acclaimed Wildflower competition. Even some of their families joined them. Not only were the racers there, but so were volunteers from Cal Poly. There were three different tracks…
Frankly Speaking 5-10-06
Frank Stranzl Imagine jogging down Grand Avenue with a few close friends, the wind bristling through your hair and the sun shining on your glistening skin. You’ve got a light sweat going as you huff and puff your way toward…
Sharon sees a better Day coming
brennan angel As the track season nears its end with conference, regional and national championships remaining, Cal Poly will have to do without the services of defending national high-jump champion Sharon Day. During finals week in December 2005, Day went…
Coach Kaupp heads strength and conditioning
Former Cal Poly student and football player John Kaupp now heads Cal Poly’s strength and conditioning program after Chris Holder left the Mustangs for a job with San Jose State this winter. Kaupp, announced as the strength and conditioning coach…
Defense stings Mustangs in series loss
nick camacho Chelsea Green was overwhelmed with emotion Sunday when she took right field for the last time at Bob Janssen Field. The Cal Poly senior cleanup hitter is the highest active player on the Mustangs’ all-time list of hits’…
Playoff chances fading quickly
nick camacho Long Beach State scored seven times in the first two innings and coasted to a 13-4 victory in a key Big West baseball game on Sunday. With the win, the 49ers (25-19, 9-2 Big West) kept a slight…
Roquet looks to close out 49ers
Since his first year of high school, Rocky Roquet has attended six different schools – and has played baseball for all of them. Although he spent most of his younger years as an outfielder, now, in his final year of…
Draft Debacle
Bradford Applin Decisions, decisions. Here at Cal Poly, we’ve been making quite a few of them this week. No, I’m not talking about whether or not to randomly bubble in “B” or “C” on your midterm, I’m talking about the…
Wildflower weekend at a glance
louise dolby Cal Poly’s Triathlon Team will be competing with some of the best tri-athletes in the world this weekend when Lake San Antonio welcomes the Wildflower Triathlon Friday, May 5 through Sunday, May 7. An immensely popular event among…
The three gems of the Central Coast
Chris Gunn A gust of wind ruffles your hair. To your left, downtown San Luis Obispo sits active and bustling with afternoon traffic. To your right, the calm of the end of Broad Street with open expanses of grassy fields,…
Kayaking on the Central Coast
brittny peloquin The sun broke through an overcast sky as it sank toward the horizon in Morro Bay. An easy breeze blew across the bay. Two girls navigated their kayak around the boats that were docked out in the water…