with the EMU
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More than 800 students, Inculrv and
stall participate in the i MU eluh
sports program. < 'luh sports ptuvidti
students a great way to hecotnc
involved in iIk- University and active on a com
petitive team.
Iwenty four dillerent sports ranging from ice
hockey to lae Kwoti IX) to ranger challenge are
available lor student involvement. Ranger chnl
lenge is the newest cluh <|>>rt in which men and
women participate in a six event military skills
and endurance contest
In liecomc involved in a cluh sjxut, a stu
dent must either go to the club sports office
or attend one of the prac tiers and talk to tlx
coordinator or coach. A student coordinator is
available for each sport and is responsible for
the team. I lie coordinators choose a roach for
the team who could either lx- a stall member, a
fellow student or a member of the communi
ty
Sandy Vaughn, direr tot of cluh sjxitts, said
she believes the program offers students the
opportunity to join a team that they could not
get involved with in the past. Students repre
sent the I Jntversity as collegiate athletes <>n club
teams and con letter in their preferred sport
(’luh sports are designed as athletic alterna
tives bridging the gap between existing intra
mural and intercollegiate programs Ibis gives
students the chance to learn a completely new
sport and compete at the collegiate level,
i he opportunity to learn a new sport dtx-s
not occur in varsity sports In cluh sports many
people join teams without any experience.
"Many people on the sailing team have nev
er sailed l>efore," Vaughn said. "Yet once our
members have been on the team lor awhile,
many liecome skilled enough to take a sailboat
out on their own."
(.'luh sports are also an excellent liaison
lie tween new students and the l Iniversity Ibis
i il* pix«n
Ihe club sports ski team competes most week
ends during the winter.
connection gives students a social group ol
peers, a feeling of responsibility and interest
to the team, as well ns a commitment to rep
resent the 1 'mversity
"Club teams give students a sense of belong
ing and responsibility," Vaughn said.
I he club teams do substantial fund raising
to earn enough money to cover expenses. Some
of tire club funds come from incidental fees, but
sports that are expensive, such as crew and ski
team, do include some voluntary fees
State vehicles are used for most travel. Many
teams travel from Northern t ulilomia t< > ( ana
da and thiouglmut Idaho, ihe teams play oth
er university club teams, and sometimes some
FU# phw. il i
last year's coed clubs sports soccer team won its league championship.
smaller school varsity teams.
Ihe I acrosse team travels to several places
during spring term Iwo weeks ago, the team,
all ready in training, attended a tournament
in Chico, Calil. Ihe team finished the tour
nament with one win and four losses and gave
the new players a good experience.
I acrosse has gone through major changes
this year with an addition of a new coach to the
team Jhe coach w as a professional player on
the l ast Coast I ie has brought the team togeth
er and gotten more people seriously involved.
I he season for 1 acrosse is in the Spring.
Cameron Baxter, a third-year team member,
said he expects to be very competitive and in
the top three percent of the new league.
"Overall club sports gives people the oppor
tunity to continue athletics in college with some
organized structure," Baxter said.
Kelly Dunlap is the student coordinator for
women's soccer and she has played on the club
team for three years, Ihe team's tryouts start
lx*lore fall term of each year
I his tall over 60 women tried out tor the
18 woman team I heir season started in Sep
tember and they ended up with six wins and
four losses.
Currently the team is practicing lor their win
ter term cor'd indoor soccer season.
"Winter is great tun lor whoever ts dedicot
<-d and wants to learn," Dunlap said Fhe team
travels every Sunday to Portland to play at the
Oregon City Indoor ( ’enter l ast year the coed
team won the league.
"I had a great time this season," said team
memher Megan Poster. "1 do wish the compe
tition ol the other University cluh teams was
more intense, hut this winter’s coed games will
ho exciting."
Inward the end ol winter term there wiil he
tryouts tor the spring season, ll there us enough
interest and turnout they might even entry two
teams. They play in the outdoor city league in
fhe Spring.
the ski team is oik- ol the more intense sports
in the program Ihmughout tall term the team
has hocn husy dry land training When the first
snow breaks and winter term starts, the skiers
begin time trials I he ski team is split into no >
groups; one is the competitive traveling team
and the other consistently trains to get on that
team.
lhe lastest live men and women in the two
categories ol races make up the competitive
team. I he skiers competing make up 10 to 12
members and travels and races every Satur
day and Sunday against other collegiate teams
lhe other portion ol members who are in
training make up the the developmental team.
Iheso skiers race on weekends on the park and
recreation league. I here are about JO members
on the developmental team.
lhe team tries to practice at least every oili
er day on the snow each week, lhe team skis
at Willamette Pass. Put Ix-ing at the mountain
three days a week can have an adverse affect
on the teams grades. Jell (,'lausen, the ski team
coordinator said that most students drop down
to around 12 credits.
"We are looking tor any Inst minute pro
skiers, especially women," Clausen said
Club sports ofler students the opportunity to
get involved in an athletic team and represent
the University. All the people currently in the
program recommend that more students turn
out Iry the howling team or the fencing team,
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ple and get a great bowling shirt
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