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Badminton Club launches 8—member co-ed team

By Ausrine Rakauskaite
TECHNEWS WRITER

The IIT Badminton Club has been a part
of IIT for about 2 years, hosting open gyms
at Keating every week throughout the fall and
spring semesters for players of various back,
grounds and skill levels to come enjoy the
exciting sport of Badminton Yearning for
a more competitive edge, however, Praveen
Shanmugam, president and lead organizer of
the IIT Badminton club, decided to take the
club a step further this semester and create an
Semember team of its best players:

With the help and support of Jason A:
Neal, head of Intramurals and Recreation at
Keating Sports Center, Praveen was able to
organize tryeouts on Sunday, January 23, al
lowing for the 30 or so members of the club to
compete for the top spots: In the end, 4 men
and 4 women were chosen to represent the IIT
Badminton Team

Women’s Line-up:

1: Ausrine Rakauskaite
2: Kylie Kosulic

3: Shiny Kaur

4: Erica Lin

Men’s Lin e-up:

1: Praveen Shanmugam
2: Xu Shi

3: Raghuveer Cumar

4: Swaminathan Prasanna

Praveen hopes to expose the team to more
playing styles and skill levels by organizing for
the team to compete in tournaments around
the Midwest, such as the Purdue open in West
Lafaytte, IN or the Wisconsin Open in Madie
son, WI: Tarwan Winawan, a skilled player
with both playing and coaching experience,
will advise and assist the team on a weekly ba
sis to prepare them for the tough tournaments
quickly approaching With a promising see
mester ahead, Praveen hopes to take the sport
of Badminton to the next level here at IIT

 

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Hello Climbers!
Our next Rock Climbing Club meeting is this Thursday at 1pm in the
MTCC Auditorium.We hope everyone with an avid interest in rock Climb—
ing can make it! We look forward to seeing you there.

Spring fitness classes offered this semester

By Graeme Port
SPORTS EDITOR

With the 2011 spring semester now fully
underway, the Oflice of Intramurals and Rec,
reations is pleased to announce that the fol,
lowing classes are now being offered to stue
dents, faculty, staff, and alumni of IIT, Shimer,
and Vandercook at Keating Sports Center

Classes are free for all current students, and
$5 for faculty, staff, and alumni:

Yoga:

Tuesday , 1pm , Racquetball Court 3
Instructor: Helen Lee

Tuesday , 7:30pm , Racquetball Courts 3 & 4
Instructors: Katrina Ryan & Natasha Holbert
Thursday , 5:30pm , Racquetball Court 1 In,
structor: Katrina Ryan

Tai Chi:

Monday , 9pm , Racquetball Court 3
Instructor: Paul Channic
Wednesday , 1pm , North Gym
Instructor: Paul Channic

Pilates:
Wednesday , 5:30pm , Racquetball Court 3
Instructor: Mandy Work

Argentine Tango:
Thursday , 7:30pm , Racquetball Court 1
Instructors: Karen Ma & Eric Ma

Plyometrics:
Tuesday , 9pm , North Gym Court 2
Instructor: Tony Saddy

Cardio Kickboxing:
Thursday , 12:50pm , Racquetball Court 3
Instructor: Suzanne K0

Salsa Dance:
Friday , 6pm , MTCC Ballroom (Location var,
ies from week to week)
Instructor: El Caobo

Keating Sports Center is open from 6:30
AM: , 11 RM: Mondaythrough Friday Please
call Keating at 31256773296 with any ques
tions:

   

 

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Photo courtesy Ausrine Rakauskaite