Caltech Sports Weekly Update

2012-2013 Weekly Updates and Information

Week of March 4-11

Sarah Wright and Paige Logan talk about their first place finishes and school records at the SCIAC four-way meet hosted by Caltech on March 2.

Week of Feb. 27-March 4

Monica Li and Rebekah Kitto talk about the tennis team's 3-0 to the season and the joy of finishing mid-terms

Week of Feb. 11-17

Ben Grabowski qualified for the SCIAC Championship in both the one- and three-meter diving competition after a successful competition during the preliminary round at the Rose Bowl aquatic center.

Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 3

A quick three minute chat with first-year Kevin Yu about the transition for high school to college athlete. Yu set the school 100 yard butterfly record in his first meet at Caltech.

Week of Jan. 21-27

Recently the basketball teams held alumni weekend. A pair of former women's basketball players (Andrea Kung and Lindsay King) chat about what being a student-athlete was like and the value of being an athlete at Caltech.

Week of Jan. 14-20

Paige Logan sits down for a few minutes to chat about life as a student-athlete, living in undergraduate housing and being a dual sport athlete (volleyball, T/F)

Week of Jan. 7-13

With baseball season's first official game less than three weeks, take a few moments to get to know new baseball coach Matthew Mark.

Week of Dec. 18-24

The five first-years on the women's basketball team sit down for a brief Q&A about the transitions from high school to college.

Week of Dec. 10-17

Ben Grabowski sits down for a few minutes to chat about life as a student-athlete, living in undergraduate housing and playing a sport during each term

Week of Dec. 3-10

Michael Edwards talks about becoming the school's all-time men's basketball scoring leader as well as his interest in gaming industry.

Week of Nov. 25-Dec. 2

Tennis player Dev Joshi talks about what life is like participating in athletics while completing a course load at one of the world's most prestigious schools.

Week of Nov. 19-25

A quick sit-down chat with Caltech's new Asst. A.D. Angel Mason

Week of Nov. 5-Nov. 12

Get to know new head track/field coach Michael Stevenson.

Week of Oct. 29-Nov.4

Grant Hollis, assistant water polo coach, and Claire Waller, assistant swimming/diving coach, talk about the rigors of coaching AND being PhD candidates at Caltech.

Week of Oct. 22-Oct. 28

Sarah Wright talks about what life is like participating in athletics while completing a course load at one of the world's most prestigious schools.

Week of Oct. 8-Oct. 15

Entering their junior years at Caltech the twin duo of Jon and Stanford Schor have participated on the cross country, fencing and track/field teams while at Caltech. Aside from carrying outstanding GPA's, they have quite a unique story from being editors of the school newspaper while planning some interesting post-graduate ideas.

Week of Oct. 1-Oct. 7

Nearly every NCAA school has a SAAC group that is made-up of current student-athlete who are interested in helping the intercollegiate athletic experience at their respective school. The SAAC leaders at Caltech for the 2012-2013 school year (Karen Dowling, Paige Logan, Hanna Dodd and Colin Murphy) sit down for a quick chat about the upcoming schedule and plans.

Week of Sept. 24-Sept. 30

The Cross Country has had some good early season results and first-year runners Aditya Bhagavathi and Rachel Thorp talked about the transitions of being a new collegiate student-athlete from an athletic and academic perspective.