| Female chess player competes to be queen of kings
This tournament, running Saturday through Oct. 13 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, brings the U.S. Chess Federation's top 10 women players together. Ms. Zenyuk ranks eighth, and this is her fifth time competing in the national championships. This is also the first time in recent years the U.S. Women's Chess Championship won't be held in conjunction with the U.S. Chess Championship, a co-ed event, said Tony Rich, executive director of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. "This event deserves its own spotlight," he said of what traditionally has been a male-dominated sport. Indeed, Ms. Zenyuk is among the growing number of females competing in chess. Since 1999, the percentage of 21-year-old women members of the U.S.
ISU men's basketball's schedule shaping up to be quite balanced
The Bluejays have played at Hulman Center around New Year's Day for three years running."That's the only thing that jumps out me as far as the conference schedule, playing three road games in four. Plus, the home game is against the conference co-champions [Creighton], so that's a tough start," McKenna said."But if you look at it impartially, we can get off to a real good start if we play well in that stretch. Last year, we complained about playing four road games in five, but we came out of it OK. It is what it is, all we can do is go for it," he added.ISU's confirmed exhibition game brings a familiar face back to Hulman Center. Former ISU assistant and current University of Indianapolis head coach Stan Gouard brings the Greyhounds to Hulman Center on Nov. 7. Times for the games will be announced at a later date.2009-10 tentative men's basketball schedule Saturday, Nov.
Trojans in brief - Oct 01 '09
Fresh from being dubbed an official team the Trojan cross-country team hit the ground running in the third ACAC Grand Prix on Sept. 26. The women's team finished fifth overall with 97 points while the men echoed their standings, coming in at fifth with 144 points. “Overall I was pretty happy," said Jamie Grant, Trojans' head coach. “We have some stuff to build on. It was a successful day in that regard." The Trojans highest finishers were both on the women's team. Melanie McCann ran the 5km in 23 minutes, finishing seventh overall, and Tegan Owens took eighth place, crossing the line only ten seconds after McCann. Trojans want you to read Taking a break from practice and academics, 12 Trojans took to the streets on Sept. 23 and hocked newspapers instead. The Trojans joined 175 volunteers handing out Calgary Herald newspapers in the downtown core as part of the nationwide Canwest newspaper chain's eighth annual Raise-A-Reader day.
The Wednesday Comment
The decathlon and heptathlon work for track and field because they test a range of very different skills (sprinting, middle-distance running, jumping and throwing) and produce a genuinely world-class all-rounder. But this Jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none event surely has no place on the velodrome.The proposed changes will favour the host nation, though. Victoria Pendleton will have a chance to equal Sir Chris Hoy's triple gold medal haul, with the addition of the team sprint and Keirin for women. And Great Britain will be favourites for the women's team pursuit too.Meanwhile, the UCI's annual brewery tour ended in confusion when president Pat McQuaid ordered lemonades all round.By the way, the omnium features an indvidual pursuit, a flying 200-metre time trial, a points race, a scratch race and a kilometre time trial (500m for women).PYRENEES BITE BACKIf the strong rumours of a mountain time trial on the Col du Tourmalet, and a vicious stage from Luchon to the Col d'Aubisque, prove to be true, the 2010 Tour de France will be tailor-made for Alberto Contador.The only snag for Contador is that he is currently stuck in an Astana team that is sinking with him on board.
Whitman women gallop to first place
Running its first race of the season at six kilometers, the Whitman College women's cross country team galloped past 10 other schools, including four Northwest Conference squads, to win the Lewis & Clark Invitational here Saturday at McIver State Park.
With its top five runners placing in the top 12, Whitman smashed the field with 35 place points. Lewis & Clark, the host school, was a distant second with 60 points and Linfield third with 88.The Missionary depth extended well beyond its first five finishers. Whitman's 10th runner finished just behind Lewis & Clark's sixth finisher."Every 10 seconds or so there would be another Whitman runner coming across the line," Whitman coach Malcolm Dunn said. "A lot of coaches, spectators, and parents of other schools were commenting on how strong we looked as a team."Senior Yasmeen Colis led the way for the Missionaries, finishing third overall in a time of 22:51.90.
Mayor's Cup soccer tournaments start today
The Cup features the longest-running Division I men's tournament in the country, as well as D-III play for men and women. Syracuse and Loyola open the D-I men's tournament at 5 p.m. today at Hartwick's Elmore Field, where the Hawks and Bucknell will follow at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, Syracuse and Bucknell play at noon before Hartwick and Loyola meet at 2:30 p.m. Teams from the Oneonta Youth Soccer Association will play exhibition matches during breaks in the D-I men's tournament. The head coaches for Loyola and Syracuse have area ties. Mark Mettrick, who earned All-American honors for Hartwick in 1985 and 1987, coaches Loyola. Dean Foti, an Oneonta native, coaches Syracuse. The D-III men's Cup starts at 1 p.m. today, when O-State plays William Patterson at Red Dragon Field.
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