By
Melanie K
On Saturday the Scarlet Hawks swimming and diving team hosted their first meet against another NAIA team, Lindenwood University. Also present for competition on the women’s side was Robert Morris College. Although both teams lost to Lindenwood, the Lady Hawks kept up with the Lions (or would it be Lionesses?), finishing the meet only ten points behind them. Last year at Nationals, Lindenwood beat the women’s team, placing eighth to our tenth, so the close races in this meet are a good indicator of the strength of the women’s team this year compared to last.
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By
Graeme Ross Port
The Hawks end their season with a 2-0 loss against the 2009 conference champions Judson University.
After last Saturday’s terrific quarterfinal win over Cardinal Stritch, the Hawks entered their semifinal game against Judson with a renewed belief that they could reach the CCAC playoff final for a second consecutive year. That belief was soon dashed on Wednesday afternoon, however, as the Hawks’ injury-ravaged team was comfortably defeated by a strong Judson side.
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By
Joe Kirsch
Mandy Work has been teaching Pilates classes at IIT this semester. She is not new to the IIT campus, as she is currently employed by the Office of Institutional Advancement at IIT, working as the Assistant Director for Stewardship & Special Initiatives.
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By
Melanie K
The Scarlet Hawks’ swimming team traveled to Romeoville on Saturday to take on the Flyers of Lewis University. The team was pumped and ready to swim fast, and swim fast they did. The first impressive swim of the morning came from senior Joe Taylor, in the 50 Butterfly leg of the Men’s 200 Medley Relay. The relay started off with freshmen Matthew Rosenfeld and Michael Keane, followed by Taylor, who swam the butterfly in a 22.07, pulling ahead of Lewis’ Matthew Schmidt. Although Allan Sliva of Lewis out swam freshman Eric Grunden in the Freestyle leg, the relay’s overall time was a 1:41.37, a National qualifying time by almost ten seconds. Taylor also qualified for Nationals in the 200 Butterfly, taking a 2nd place finish with a time of 1:59.13, only nine seconds off of the current team record.
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By
Joe Kirsch
This past Friday night, several teams competed in a 3 on 3 basketball tournament. There were some great teams in the competition and many of the games went down to the wire, often with teams raining down three-pointers from well beyond the arc to secure a win. Participation was excellent and included IIT alumni, students from Stuart Graduate School of Business, former basketball players, undergraduates, and others.
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