Sports & Outdoors

After months of frigid early morning practices, University of Puget Sound men’s and women’s crew teams are finally ready to kick off their spring seasons. Expectations are particularly high for the women’s teams, after their Varsity Eight team received an at-large bid in the NCAA Championships last year, marking the ninth consecutive year that the Loggers have qualified for the championship. Despite finishing third in the tournament, this continued recognition was a major boost for crew program and the team is looking to build on the momentum from last year....

It has been an eventful weekend for the Puget Sound Loggers women’s basketball team. They traveled south to Oregon to face Lewis and Clark Friday Feb. 17 and Linfield Saturday Feb. 18. During both games it was apparent that the Loggers fought hard. These were the final games that would potentially help determine seeding before the NWC tournament, which begins next week. On Friday, the Loggers were dealt a 79-62 loss against the number-nine-ranked Lewis and Clark. In the beginning of the game the Loggers took an early 2-0 lead...

Feb. 12, 2012: At the Northwest Conference championship swim meet in Federal Way, the Lady Loggers were able to capture a surprising conference title, dethroning defending champions from Whitworth. The win was the Loggers’ first since 2009; the Pirates had taken the title in both 2010 and 2011. “I think winning surprised me. To be honest, we had a tri-school meet with Whitman and Whitworth and we lost horribly. We were the underdog between two big teams. I feel like part of me still doesn’t believe it,” senior captain Kenzie...

As the Puget Sound track and field team finishes up their indoor season, there is a lot of potential for a promising regular season for the Loggers. There are many key athletes on this team, who have made the indoor season successful. One of these key players is senior collegiate athlete Maya Heck (Corvallis, Ore.). She has been an important part of the track and field team since her freshman year, and to this day continues to inspire and lead her teammates on and off the track. Her main event...

It was an eventful weekend for the Logger swim team. On Jan. 28, the Loggers headed East to face Whitworth and Whitman in a double dual. The women’s team has been undefeated all season and the men’s team received their first loss of the season the previous weekend against cross-town rivals Pacific Lutheran. This weekend, both Logger teams fought hard against Whitworth and Whitman, but sadly lost their respective meets. Freshman Melissa Norrish (Denver, Colo.) led the Logger women with wins in the 200 fly and 100 fly. Norrish gave...