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Christina Walczyk aces audition for Disney on Ice Tour
Figure skating teacher's assistant, junior coach and former student Christina Walczyk has been selected by Disney on Ice as a figure skater in its national tour. Walczyk was the only one who passed through the rigorous auditions held in Toronto recently. She was one among contestants from all over the United States and Canada.
Lacrosse team enjoying undefeated season, are nationally ranked
Fredonia State is No. 20 in the NCAA Division III Week 7 rankings released this morning. It's the first time the Blue Devils have ever cracked the Top 20 after receiving votes in the Week 5 and Week 6 rankings this year and in three weekly polls and the final poll last year. Fredonia State has sponsored women's varsity lacrosse since 1996. Junior Katie Kleine (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia) was named the SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week on Monday.
Achieving fitness, wellness in busy lifestyles topic of women's program
Working women who are finding it increasingly difficult to “have it all” are invited to attend “Fit, Well and Working,” the 2013 Spring Program of the Council for Women’s Concerns, on Wednesday, April 10, at 10 a.m. at the Bob Steele Multipurpose Room. Penny Hite, chair of the Department of Sports Management and Exercise Science SUNY Fredonia, will serve as the principal speaker.
Senior Spencer Lefort named All-American in heptathlon
Fredonia State's latest men's track and field All-American is senior Spencer Lefort (Java Center/Pioneer). Lefort moved up two places to finish seventh Saturday in the men's heptathlon at the 2013 NCAA Division III Track & Field championship meet at North Central College. The top eight finishers earned All-American recognition.
Divers and swimmers named to all-conference teams
The State University of New York Athletic Conference announced its all-conference swimming and diving teams recently. The SUNYAC swimming and diving champions in each individual event earned a spot on the All-Conference First Team. The athletes who placed second and third in individual events are recognized on the All-Conference Second Team. The women's team finished third at the conference meet, while the men finished fourth.
Lefort, Fuller, Ficarro, Keller are headed to NCAA Nationals
Thanks to their achievements on the field and in the pool, four Fredonia State athletes are traveling later this month to the NCAA national championships in Texas.
New Fitness Center in Dods Hall opens; is dedicated
Celebrating the ribbon-cutting for the new Blue Devil Fitness Center and “Fitness Friday” at SUNY Fredonia, President Virginia S. Horvath told the large crowd at the new facility in Dods Hall, “We are stronger if we are fit in every way.”
Fourth "Slush Rush" 5K to benefit scholarship fund for international education
Runners prepare to get on their mark for the 2012 Slush Rush at SUNY Fredonia By Kimberly R. Hughes The fourth “Slush Rush” 5K race/walk...
In all of Division III, only one picked for NCAA scholarship
Fredonia State senior student-athlete Casey Chiesa of Baldwinsville, N.Y., has been awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship for women who plan on seeking a career in college athletics. The exercise-science major, a four-year member of the Blue Devil women's lacrosse team, is one of 13 recipients of a $6,000 NCAA Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship. She was the only NCAA Division III student-athlete chosen; the other 12 awardees attend NCAA Division I schools.