Tuesday, February 18,2014 | TechNews

Phillip Cano
STAFF WRITER

Which weighs more, a 16 pound bag
full of bricks or a 16 pound bag full of feathers?
Calculating, calculating. After some initial
calculations you might have realized that they
both weigh the same. Coincidently, 16 pounds
is the exact amount of weight that Illinois Tech
Shot Put Throwers get to launch across a room
using only their conditioned muscles and a loud
grunt. It’s these precise body motions that allow
the throwers to successfully catapult a heavy ball
through the air, which landed them in the top
positions in competitions, I might add.

That’s right, indoor track and field
season is underway for both Illinois Tech Men
and Women Teams, who opened their first meet
last weekend with a dominating performance
over competing division schools at the “Windy
City Rumble” hosted at the University of
Chicago. The Scarlet Hawks had some tough
opposition, but were able to beat many schools.
On the men’s side, they outscored nine out of 1 1
teams and the women outscored five out of 12
teams, such as Robert Morris University, Saint
Xavier University, Triton College, Minnesota
State, and the Northwestern Track Club.

Both teams are coming together as
they continue their training, no matter if there
is snow, ice, or rain. It’s this mental discipline
that allows our programs to be successful.

"the hard work is paying off and what’s

Head Coach, Calin Hantau stated, “I’m very most exciting is the fact that there’s room for
pleased with the performances we turned in
this weekend.

improvement for the majority of our athletes.
It was the first track meet experience for some

of them and I’m looking forward to seeing them
develop it throughout the year.”

Photo by Phillip Cano

Olympic competition intense in Sochi

Nathan McMahon
SPORTS EDITOR

The 22nd edition ofthe Winter Olympics
is Underway in Sochi, Russia where —part
from the many flaws in the facilities—the
Olympians havenot been disappointed in
their performances. Iior America, all eyes
were on Shaun White as he went for a third
Straight gold in the snowboarding half-pipe
competition. White struggled through the
competition and ended up only in fourth

place while his good friend louri Podlachikov
took the gold. Regardless of this result, it can
still be agreed that White has revolutionized
snowboarding and is regarded as one of the
all-time greats.

Meanwhile, the speed skating long
track has been property of the Netherlands
as they have dominated this event, In the
5,000 meters race, the Netherlands swept the
competition for all three medals on the men’s
side and also took gold in the men’s 1,000 meter
race. This was a race that Chicago native and
two~time defending Olympic gold medalist

Shani Davis had been picked to win, but was
ultimately disappointed and only placed eighth
in the final.

However, in the women’s events
Americans Kaitlyn Farrington and Kelly Clark
took gold and silver respectively to assert
American dominance in this event. In figure
skating, the Iirst ever team event where it was
no surprise, the Russian team took gold behind
the legendary pair of Tatiana Volosozhar and
Maxim Trankov. .

The American team raised some
eyebrows with their performance as they took

bronze.

The hockey competition for both
the men and women has begun with both
American sides winning their first two games
as they shoot for gold. In order to get there,
they will have to be victorious over arch rivals
Canada who took down the men‘s team in 2010
at Vancouver to win gdld.

At press time Norway has four gold,
three silver, and six bronze medals whilst the
Netherlands have four gold, three silver, and
five bronze medals and the United States have
four gold, two silver and six bronze medals.

Tuesday, February 18

Men's Basketball

vs. Maranatha Baptist Bible College
@ Keating Sports Center

7 pm.

Saturday, February 22
Men's Basketball

vs. Victory University
Keating Sports Center
3 pm.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, February 19
Women's Basketball

@ Wheaton College

7 pm.

Men's 8 Women's Track 8 Field
Margaret Bradley Invite

@ University of Chicag

11.30 a.m.

Women's Basketball
@ Clark University
1 pm.

 

 

 

 

 

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