Juggling school and athletics
As a current student athlete and three-year member of the women’s basketball team, there are two words that have defined my stint here at Flagler College: time management.
As a current student athlete and three-year member of the women’s basketball team, there are two words that have defined my stint here at Flagler College: time management.
Flagler College men’s cross country star Corey Mundy has made a name for himself. On Oct. 26, Mundy broke Flagler College’s 8K record with a time of 24:29.75, according to Flagler Athletics.
The Flagler women’s golf team has enjoyed a successful preseason outing, finishing within the top three in all four preseason tournaments they participated in.
In recent years, the Flagler College Men’s Basketball team has faced off against high-caliber, Division I competition at the start of each new season. This year, the Saints took on Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) contender Florida State University in an exhibition game.
Expanding recruitment globally creates opportunities for Division II tennis programs, such as Flagler College, to compete at a high level. According to Thomas Hipp, director of tennis at Flagler College, international recruitment is projected to be a large factor in the future success of Flagler College’s Tennis program.
Score one for the record books. In Flagler College women’s basketball 2013-14 season opener Monday, senior point guard Williesha “Shorty” Spencer broke Flagler’s all-time individual record for points scored with 44 points. Heidi Nissen last set the record on Dec. 11, 1991, when she scored 39 points vs Ed. Waters.
The Flagler College men’s basketball team will travel northwest Monday to open the 2013-14 season at Florida State University in an exhibition game. The game will be played at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla.
It has been a long, dreadful season for the winless Jacksonville Jaguras, and unlike the event that occurred in Sunday’s game, this spelling wasn’t an accident.
After not having played a home game since Sept. 21, the Flagler College women’s volleyball team finally returned to the Flagler Gymnasium for some competition in its own territory.
Like most coaches, Erika Lang-Montgomery, 42, often has to balance coaching with parenting. But for the Flagler College women’s basketball coach, that balancing has also taken a toll on her.