Maintaining a positive body image can be a challenge for anyone. For female-identifying athletes who compete in strength-based events, that challenge is combined with the need to maintain a strong physique.
Western cross country competed in challenging conditions at the NCAA Division II National Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The women's team placed 20th overall in a field of 34 teams, led by sophomore Jane Barr and junior Sophia Galvez who finished side by side for 65th and 66th place. The men's team placed 26th overall, led by sophomore Eric Hamel who placed 58th out of 261 total runners.
He was raised on the mountain, by the mountain, learning to use its natural contours to soar through the air, navigating between tight trees and over massive cliffs, and documenting it the whole way through.
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The record books show a perfect weekend for Western basketball. Not allowing the turkey coma to slow them down, both the men’s and women’s team went 2-0 at Sam Carver Gymnasium.
Contestants in the Seattle International Comedy Competition made their last semi-final stop in Bellingham. // Photo by Kenzie Mahoskey
Head Coach Diane Flick-Williams said that at the beginning of the women’s volleyball season she circled the NCAA West Regional Division II Championship Tournament on her calendar. Then, after going 0-3 to start the season, she buried that calendar and never looked at it again.
After spending five months practicing judo in Japan, senior Nathan Swanson-Dinsmore returned to the U.S. with a reinvigorated passion for the sport and an ambition to revitalize the judo club that once thrived on campus.
With a goal of raising $1,200 and collecting 700 pounds of donated non-perishable foods, the Western Track and Field team challenged themselves to a race off the track.
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