The men and women's track teams posted five first place finishes along with two second place finishes on Saturday at the Ripon Invitational held at Ingalls Field in Ripon. There were four teams in action: Lawrence, Carroll, St. Norbert and Ripon. Sophomore Nick Maxam, senior Russell Geisthardt, junior Tatiana Bulant, sophomore Tess Jaeger and senior Mike Pierquet all placed first in their events.
The Lawrence University baseball team swept a double header against the Warriors of Wisconsin Lutheran College last Wednesday. Led offensively by seniors Ben Webster and Tim Salm, who both hit grand slams, the Vikings (10-17, 4-10 MWC) won the first game 12-7 and the second 17-4.
Sophomore Adam Ferguson placed an impressive 6th place overall as an individual at the three day golf Midwest Conference Championships which were held at Aldeen Golf Club in Rockford, Ill. Finishing in the top ten, Ferguson earned his place on the all-conference team.
1. Boxing is the oldest sport in North America. 2. The longest golf hole in the world is 789 yards, in Marquette, Michigan. 3. Lance Armstrong holds the record for the longest Tour De France win streak. 4. A.C. Green holds the record for most consecutive games played streak in the NBA at 1,192.
Senior throwers from the Track and Field Team: Laurel Benson, Chelsea Fickbohm, Stephanie Kramer and Genna Thompson 1. Why is throwing the best event on the track team? Laurel: You laugh harder and seem to have more fun that any other event… the jokes are priceless! Genna: Throwing is definitely the best part because we get to make inappropriate jokes -- really, really inappropriate jokes.
1. What has been the best part about your senior year playing baseball? The best part was seeing how good the team could actually play when we had fun. 2. Do you hope to continue playing somewhere? I hope to continue playing somewhere, whether it's competitive or not, I don't care.
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