RUNNING, PHILLY STYLE - Bloomsburg University

ON THE HILLsports
by TOM MCGUIRE SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR
PICKING (SMALL) SIDES
MEN’S SOCCER COACH Paul Payne discussed the philosophy
of small-sided games as a way to develop players technically
and tactically during a lecture at
the Football Federation of Australia’s
Annual Coaching Conference in
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Those favoring small-sided games
believe the system offers more opportunity
to play since fewer players are
on the field at a time.
As vice president of education
and a senior national academy staff coach for the National
Soccer Coaches Association of America, Payne focused on
the association’s position paper on small-sided games. Other
invited speakers and clinicians hailed from Australia,
Holland, England and New Zealand. •
Swimming Records Sink
FRESHMAN SWIMMER Madeline Barlow broke the 24year
school record in the 200 individual medley (IM)
with a time of 2:07.19 at the Zippy Invitational in Akron,
Ohio. The NCAA “A” cut time
automatically qualified her for the
2010 National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) Division II
Swimming Championships in
Canton, Ohio. The Huskies’ previous
200-IM record of 2:08.56 was
set in 1985 by Gwen Cressman.
At the same meet, Barlow, an
exercise science major from
Yardley, also broke BU’s record for the 200-backstroke
with a time of 2:05.82. She achieved NCAA “B” cut times
in the 200-backstroke and 100-butterfly and was
permitted to swim in both the 200-back and 100-fly with
the “B” standard times because she qualified for one
event NCAA event with an “A” time.
Barlow was ranked 11th nationally in the 200-IM, 21st
in the 200-back and 29th in the 100-fly going into the
NCAA championships.
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Thank You, Corporate Sponsors
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY thanks its corporate sponsors
for the 2009-10 season. The sponsors include MC
Federal Credit Union; Comfort Suites of Bloomsburg;
Columbia Mall; Derr, Pursel, Luschas and Norton,
Attorneys at Law; Columbia-Montour Visitor’s Bureau;
Liberty Mutual Insurance; Steph’s Subs; Bennigan’s;
Applebee’s; Weis Market of Bloomsburg; Phoenix
Rehabilitation and Health Services; LaFontana Restaurant;
Papa John’s Pizza; Balzano’s; Best Western of Danville;
Quaker Steak and Lube; Perkins; Econo Lodge; Holiday
Inn Express; PSECU; Panera Bread; First Columbia Bank
and Trust; Susquehanna Valley Medical Specialties;
Sheetz; and the Lehigh Valley International Airport.
Corporate sponsorships support general and athletic
scholarships•
It’s here: BUHuskies.com
FANS OF BLOOMSBURG University may have noticed a
new look to the official Huskies athletics Web site,
BUHuskies.com, which went live in April.
The new design features more photos of BU studentathletes,
as well a calendar that lists each day’s contests,
according to Tom McGuire, sports information director.
Drop-down menus help fans find information on the
athletic department, hall of fame and other related items.
“It was a lot of hard work in a relatively short period
of time,” says McGuire. “In just five and a half months,
we went from the initial design phase to the site launch.”
McGuire credits the successful launch to the efforts
of the small staff of students who work in the SID office,
led by intern Ryan Rebholz. “Ryan did a great job helping
with the design and keeping our student workers on
task with uploading information.”
Relief for Haiti
STUDENT-ATHLETES from Bloomsburg University joined
others from Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC) schools in raising money for the American Red
Cross as part of the Haitian Earthquake Disaster
Relief effort. At sporting events in mid-February, BU
athletes collected $2,250 for the effort. •
REGISTER NOW SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS
Register now for BU’s summer sports camps. Camps are offered in baseball, boys and girls basketball, field hockey, football, soccer, swimming,
tennis and wrestling. For a complete listing, see the CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS (page 32) or www.bucamps.com.