Category: Sports
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New assistant athletic trainers adjust to UTD
UTD’s two new assistant athletic trainers have settled into their positions with the help of engaging athletes and a supportive athletic department. Kerri Kalina, one of the new athletic trainers, attended East Texas Baptist University where she was a student athlete. “I played volleyball at ETBU and I work with volleyball and baseball here (at…
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Cross-country runners from across country
Ever since senior Samantha Hartke and freshman Sara Hartke were little, they have always enjoyed being active. Fast-forward years later and they continue to run side-by-side — this time on UTD’s women’s cross-country team. Sara and Samantha Hartke grew up constantly moving because of their father’s position in the Air Force. They spent a few…
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Home Stretch
For senior forward Megan Mugavero and senior defender Sam Konstanty, this season is a season of lasts — last home game, last road trip and the last time they’ll take the field representing UTD. At first, Konstanty didn’t try to make too much of the fact he was entering the final year of his collegiate…
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Cricket team temporarily loses field privileges
Going into the third week of the semester, UTD’s cricket team is still without a practice field due to ongoing construction on the southwest side of campus. Amogh Butta, a finance graduate student and the president of the cricket team said the group had previously spoken to Vice President of Student Affairs Gene Fitch about…
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Fall sports breakdown
The subtle changing of leaves means it’s time for UTD fall sports to start up again. Volleyball, women’s soccer and men’s soccer all have high hopes this season, but whether those hopes will yield results requires a complete breakdown of each sport. Roster The volleyball team, like last year, again lacks height, with zero players…
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Program cultivates winning tradition
Dapo Ogunfeitimi stepped foot on UTD’s court for the first time as an incoming freshman. His eyes immediately became fixed on one thing — the basketball championship banners hanging from the rafters. The senior guard said he knew at that point he wanted to become part of the program’s winning tradition. The men’s basketball team…
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Just for kicks
Nicholas Kirk wasn’t always an active person. His parents urged him to get involved in sports at the age of 10. That’s how Kirk and taekwondo crossed paths. Taekwondo is a Korean martial art, which traditionally was used as a form of self-defense, but was later developed into a sport. Kirk, a biomedical engineering graduate…
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Player settles in new role
Every time senior guard McKenzie Petty puts on a game jersey, regardless of what team she’s playing on, it usually has one meaning — game time. The UTD emblem on the front of her jersey carries the same meaning, but now from a different perspective. Petty was a three-year basketball varsity starter for Maypearl High…
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Rio games shine light on refugee crisis
Despite the controversy surrounding the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics due to concerns over Zika and petty street crime, the quadrennial spectacle should be remembered as the most influential in recent history. It’s not because Usain Bolt successfully defended his 100-meter dash crown in convincing fashion or because Michael Phelps added more hardware to his collection…
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Horse Power
Lauren Hoover and Blackie have known each other for four years. They have trained countless hours together, competed on international stages and occasionally experienced bumps in their relationship. Blackie is Hoover’s show horse. Hoover, an accounting junior, is a competitive horseback rider. She didn’t get involved with the sport until her junior year in high…