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Illinois Tech cycling starts strong

By Ryan Hynes
AE<E Editor

Members of ”T‘s own cyclrng
mam competed rn therr second race of
the season last weekend at The Univerr
srty of Mrssourr rn Colombra Mrssourr

The team left chrcago under cover
of darkness and drove 7 hours through the
nrghtto make rt to the race on trme After only
a few hours ofsleep team members lan Carr
Jeff Eednarz Eel-l Srver Rob Cohen» and an
Hynes rolledoutand onto the 55 mrle road race
The course was very technrcal wrth

 

trght turns challengrng clrmbs and rn:
trmrdatrng descents desrgned to chair
lenge even the most experrenced rrders

The course also featured a tower
rng ascent wrrth over 1700 feet of clrmbrng
Team Captarn lan Carr placed lsth rn Catr
egory cs and Rob Cohen took lzth rn Catr
egory D Eel-l Srver and an Hynes placed
35rd and zsth respectrvely There were sevV
eral serrous crashes durrng the race one of
whrch took down rrder leh Eednarz Fem»
nately lehwas more angry than hurt srnce the
crash rurned hrs bikes nrcknamed “Big Blue“

Desprhe hrs rnrurres Jeff Eednarz
borrowed teammate Eel-l Slver‘s brke and rode
to an rmpressrve Ath place frnrsh rn the lndlr
vrdual trme trral Hynes sat out the trme (er
als wrth a knee rnrury leavrng the team wrth
only three members rnstead ofthe usual four
but after recoverrng from the gruelrng lndlr
vrdual trme trral Carr Cohen» and Eednarz
rode to 3rd rn the mam trme trral races earn:
rng wluable pornts for lllrnors Tech <>yclrng

The race weekend was strll a success
desprte the rnrurres and the lllrnors tech 0y:
clrng Team has establrshed rtselfas a compellr

Team Selecao wins indoor soccer tournament

By [enniler Agosto
TECHNEWS leTER

”T‘s lntramurals and Recreation
most recent two nrght event the indoor Soon
cer Tournament brought rn 40+ students on
a total ofs teams The wrnnrng team consrshed
of captarn okwudrafor Akosa Andrew Alrn:
tah chuka chrzara Nwaogwugwu Reginald
Aduser long Massaquor Akrnade Adereles
and Andre Rovetta The mam named Selecao»
beat the Contrnental Stars for the wins 5 to a

The next events that wrll be hosted

 

wrll start up agarn rn Aprrl startrng wrth EasV
ketball on Aprrl 5 The Basketball (curl-tar
ment wrll be a a on a person matchrup wrth
a maxrmum of 6 people per team The reglsV
tratron deadlrne rs Wednesday Aprrl 4 at s
p m Registration can be done onlrne at www
rllrnorstechathletrcs com rn the lntramurals
and Recreation sectron Thrs event rs open
to all ”T Shrmer and Vandercook students
Here rs a lrst of all of the events scheduled so
far for the rest of the sprrng zolz semester

l>lease none that Keatrng wrll now be

:-

Fhutmbyllww/nunnu

open durrng sprrng break The hours willtemr
porarrly be changed and the burldrng wrll only
be open fora lrmrted trme ofthe day On both
Saturday March l7 and Saturday March 24 the
burldrng hours wrllbe lo a m to a p m and on
Sunday March [Eltwlllbeclosed Theburldrng
hours durrngtheweekwrllbe 10 am to s p m
Monday March 19 through Frrday March 25:
wrth the poolberng open from in a m to l p m
each day On Sunday March 25 the facrlrty wrll
resume rts normal scheduled burldrng hours

   

Name Phillip Cano
Year: Sophomore
Mzior MechanrcalEngrneerrng
Sport: Track and Field

Event: 400m 600m» Seams locum

Favorite thing about your sport: Tit‘s you
versus you Thats rt

Ptarnce ritual: Before a races you must
prepare mentally You mustvrsualrze your
selfberng greatbefore rt starts Then when
you stand on the startrng lrne and the gun

Athlete Spotlight:
Phillip Cano

trve force rn the Mrdwest Collegrate Cycling
Conference‘s Drvrsron z The teams next race rs
thrs weekend at Lrndenwood Unrversrty rn St
charles Mrssourr Afierlhatraczs the teamwrll
headtooeorgraforanrntenseweekoftrarnrng

Thrs year looks to be a promlsV
rng one for lllrnors Tech <>yclrng The team
has used the wrnter months to trarn and
prepare for the seasons and ensure that
they are rn top form for competrtrons For
more rnformatron on the teams and a com:
plete lrst of rrders races and results vrsrt
https //srtes google com/srte/rrtcyclrng/home

Emma: munuy u/Ryn» wrll:

 

April:

Basketball Tounrarnent:
Thursday 3r Fridays Aprrl 5 3r 6

linquetmll Tournament:
Thursday Aprrl 19

Dodgemll Tournament:
Thursday Aprrl zs

 

 

 

goes off you are not afrard and are able to
belreve rn yourself

Tip for being great at your sport: The one
thrng that holds us back rs fear Fear that
you wrll run out ofenergy or not run your
best However great runners don‘t need to
be successful every time they only need to
belreve they can wrn the race

How did it M to represent in at the
min National TYzck and Field Meet: it
was a learnrng experrence because i now
know what rt takes to be competrtrve at
that level Wrth smart trarnrng l wrll 117
turn next year and make a statement for
ourschool