The Logger track team has been gearing up for their 2011 season  since their return to campus a week early from Christmas break. Their first meet was Saturday, Feb. 5 in Nampa, Idaho, where a couple of school records were broken. Junior Andrea Leiken (Portland, Ore.) broke her own school record in the 400 meter with 1:01.17. She also broke the school’s three-year-old record in the 200 meter with a 26.81.  Leiken, along with freshmen Meg Gilbertson (Clackamas, Ore.), Brenda Seymour (Seattle, Wash.) and Alicia Burns (Spokane Valley, Wash.) broke...

For the first time in history FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) chose Qatar, a small, oil-rich middle-eastern country, to host the 2022 World Cup. This is the first time that a Middle-Eastern country has been chosen to host this event, and it is the smallest country chosen since Uruguay in 1930. Qatar beat out Australia, Japan, South Korea and the United States. One problem that Qatar is faced with is being able to cool open-topped stadiums in their extreme desert conditions.  FIFA was worried that these extreme conditions would...

University of Puget Sound’s cross country team had an average season.  They consistently placed in the middle of most of their meets and they weren’t able to meet their goal of finishing in the top half of the conference.  According to coach Mike Orechia, the reason the team had an average season is because “the men’s team was very young.  They made tremendous progress and we are excited about the future.  The women suffered from sickness at the wrong time of the year.” Despite these unfortunate set-backs there were some...

Freshman Robin Harkins has been a strong asset to the Puget Sound cross country team this season.  He not only led the men’s team in every meet this fall, but went the extra mile and qualified for the NCAA championships. “I had a great season in cross country this year. With the help of all the coaches I feel like I am running much better than I did in high school and I am learning a lot of new things about running.  I have an amazing group of coaches that...

The Puget Sound men’s ultimate Frisbee team is gearing up for their spring season.  The team is made up of veteran and rookie players alike.  By the looks of it, it is highly probable that they will have a very successful year. The team did very well in their first game against the alumni ultimate Frisbee team.  Even though they lost 16 – 19, they gave the alumni a run for their money. “Our offensive movement was what we wanted it to be. We definitely played better defense than the...

A large contributor to the success of the men’s soccer team’s so far this year is sophomore goal keeper Chris McDonald. He has made 33 saves and has only been scored on nine times during the 12 games this year. McDonald is from Newton, Massachusetts and has been playing soccer since he was five years old. He attributes his success as goalie to years of game experience and high-quality goalkeeping coaches. “Our goalkeeper coach, Bobby McLaughlan, has probably helped me the most, and I feel like I’ve made huge strides...

The men’s soccer team traveled to Parkland, Washington on a rainy and wet Sunday Oct. 10 to play against the Pacific Lutheran Lutes.  This rivalry game ended up being the third loss this year for the men’s soccer team. In the first half, Logger offense was able to manufacture three shots.  None of these shots found the back of the net, leaving the Loggers in a defensive battle for much of the half. The Lute’s offense fired five shots on goal.  Four were deflected by the Logger defense but Giancarlo...