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Rod Weingart, 1973 alumnus and soccer and baseball standout, received the Purdue Alumni Association-Calumet’s Bob Hayes Athletic Alumni Award during Feb. 14 homecoming festivities. PAACboard member TomMavronicles presented to Weingart (left), who was honored for success and achievement beyond the playing field. Weingart is a longtime educator who serves as a guidance counselor at Gary’s Wallace High School. Also honored at homecoming, the 1995-96 women’s basketball teamwas inducted into the Purdue Calumet Athletic Hall of Fame (see homecoming reunion team picture, back . The teamqualified cover) for the NAIA Division I national tournament and compiled a 27-5 record. Weingart, ’95-96 women’s b-ball team honored Weingart earned Indiana College Division All-State honors in 1971 and ’72 as a goaltender and was selected to the All-Midwest College Division Teamin ’72. Additionally, he played three seasons as a catcher for the PUCbaseball team(1970-72), batting .328 and .358, respectively, in ’71 and ’72. photoby JULIANA FALLOON 14 photoby JULIANA FALLOON Hurst asserted herself as the top scorer and rebounder. By WES LUKOSHUS Promising progress for women’s team A regular season-ending victory over Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Division II champion and previous league unbeaten Cardinal Stritch may foreshadow what is to come for an improving Purdue Calumet women’s basketball program. The Peregrines of second-year Head Coach Tom Megyesi used the 80-72 triumph to claim a 5-5 conference record. Overall, PUC was 12-18 during 2008-09. “Our team proved that it can compete with teams in our conference,” Megyesi said. “Our won/loss record improved (from 3-7 and 7-24 in 2007-08), and our games were highly competitive.” PUC loses just one player to graduation: all-conference center LaKeisha Hurst (Dover, DE), who contributed team-leading 14.2 scoring and 9.5 rebounding averages per game. Another All-CCAC performer, sophomore point guard Meme Harris (Merrillville), averaged 12.6 points and nearly five assists. Honorable mention sophomore guard Jenny Britton (Dyer) added 12 points. Hurst and junior guard Nicole Enright earned Academic All-CCAC honors. Men’s squad building foundation The growing pains of building a foundation to restore the Purdue Calumet men’s basketball program were frequent and consistent during the 2008-09 season. Despite a season that netted a 5-24 overall record--3-9 in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Division II—first year Head Coach Dan Voudrie is encouraged. “We set out with the objective of becoming a team, and we accomplished that goal,” he said. “This group of young men accepted change and embraced adversity with an incredible intent to grow each day.” Senior forward Vince Johnson (Gary) earned all-conference honors while averaging 9.3 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Junior guard Antonio McNeal (Hammond) and By ROBERT D. BUNNELL Asst. Vice Chancellor of Health, Recreation & Sports / Athletic Director ‘ ’ Club formed; athletics expansion in works Athletics has formed a membership support organization for Peregrine athletics teams, called the Peregrine (“P”) Club. The group seeks to enhance the relationship between the University’s athletics programs and its alumni and friends. The Club also is charged with increasing the level of financial support for PUC’s athletics programs. For more information on the club and how to become a member, please contact me at bunnellr@calumet.purdue.edu, or go to the Peregrine Club website at http://webs. calumet.purdue.edu/peregrine-club/. PUC receives 7.6-acre gift for athletic field development Last Dec 30, Purdue Calumet became owner of a 7.6-acre tract of undeveloped land in the Hessville section of Hammond, about 1.5 miles fromcampus. The land will be used for field development to support future Peregrine athletics programgrowth. Richard Pellar, president of Crown Corr, Inc., made the gift in honor of his father, Joseph C. Pellar. A plan, recently approved by the University’s Strategic Leadership, calls for the addition of 10 varsity sports programs over a 10-year period. Order Peregrine paraphernalia Soon you’ll be able to order your own Peregrinalia (Peregrine paraphernalia) online. Keep checking the athletic website for information about the new store for PUCathletics, which will allow you to order stock PUCathletic items with our new athletic logos, or create your own design. Plans call for the store to be operational this spring. Go Peregrines! Fear the Bird! photoby JULIANA FALLOON sophomore forward Antonio Hurt (Michigan City) topped the team in scoring with 12.5 and 11.4 averages, respectively. Four-year veteran center Kevin Thomas (Highland) completed his PUC career contributing more than seven points and nearly six rebounds a game. The team’s other senior, guard Kris Krstevski (Schererville), an Academic All-CCAC selection, added nine points. For complete PUC basketball news and statistics, visit www.calumet.purdue.edu/athletics Johnson’s versatility and athleticismwere impressive.
FOR STUDENTS SAKE When it opens next fall, University Village 2 will have accommodations to house more than 360 students in apartment suites. PHOTOBY KAREN HOLLAND Coming this fall... ...more student housing Given the huge success of Purdue Calumet’s first student housing facility, which opened in Fall 2005, The University Village is readying for a similar response to its second housing complex — and Purdue Calumet Director of Housing and Residential Education Chanda Hott can’t wait. for students sake “We’re scheduled to take occupancy in July, with students moving in for the fall 2009 semester in August,” she said. “We’ve had a waiting list for The University Village at the beginning of every fall semester since 2007, and this will certainly help provide many more students with that ‘on-campus’ experience that students already living at The University Village enjoy.” The State of Indiana restricts the number of students living on campus at regional campuses, like Purdue Calumet, to 10 percent of the institution’s overall student enrollment. Purdue Calumet’s official enrollment last fall was 9,325, and nearly 380 students live at The University Village currently. ‘The Village’ offers a rich, diverse living environment. Students living there enjoy apartment-style accommodations with each unit sporting four private bedrooms, two bathrooms, a fully furnished kitchen, and a shared living room area. Hott says that University Village 2 will have similar amenities and will house more than 360 students. “We learned and implemented from student feedback as much as we could in University Village 2,” Hott said. “We were delighted to find out that the residents of Phase 1 were very happy with their experience in the community and with the facility overall. We incorporated minor changes into the design of University Village 2 to make the space even more user-friendly for residents.” For more information about Housing and Residential Education at Purdue Calumet, visit www.calumet.purdue.edu/housing Plenty of homecoming love On one hand, this year’s Valentine’s Day campus homecoming celebration, Feb. 14, had nothing to do with feelings of love and romanticism, and on the other hand, it had everything to do with those feelings. During a day filled with festivities and basketball, the 1995-96 women’s basketball teamwas inducted into the Purdue Calumet Athletic Hall of Fame. That teamremains the only hoops squad in PUChistory to have qualified for the NAIA national tournament. Returning to campus to be honored were all but two of the studentathletes froma squad that compiled a 27-5 record and sprinted through the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference season unbeaten. They brought their families, they reminisced, they each received a Hall of Fame plaque, they gathered at a reception to listen to Athletic Director Bob Bunnell discuss expansive PUCathletic plans for the future. They even posed for another teampicture (see flipside of this page). All the coaches were present, too—head coach Gary Hayes, who achieved success coaching men’s and women’s basketball teams at the high school and college levels, beaming while introducing his former players during the induction ceremony. Also in the building that day was another blast fromPurdue Calumet’s athletic past. Rod Weingart, a 1973 graduate who starred on soccer and baseball teams then nicknamed the Pipers, was joined by family and former teammates for an afternoon during which he received Purdue Calumet’s annual outstanding athletic alumni award named after one of his former coaches, Bob Hayes. It was a day in which the sports “war” stories were non-stop, filled with laughter, and impeccably recalled – several exaggerations and a downright lie or two notwithstanding. It’s the verbal fodder of former teammates and a by product of their never ending bond. Blood and sweat experiences froman athletic battlefield never cease to be precious. Purdue Calumet’s Valentine’s Day homecoming celebration was indeed a romantic occasion of lovingly linking a proud past with an appreciationfilled present – complete with friends, loved ones and an alma mater that remembers. Where was the love? It filled the gym. Editor & Asst. Vice Chancellor of University Relations from the editor By JOHN BOBALIK Exercise physiologist John Bobalik is coordinator of Purdue University Calumet’s Fitness Center, a comprehensive exercise and workout facility for students, faculty, staff and community members. It also serves a laboratory setting for fitness management students. Q. How do I maximize benefit from 30 minutes of daily cardiovascular exercise? A. The good news is that if you perform a cardiovascular activity for 30 minutes four to six days a week at a moderate level of intensity, you will meet the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines for developing and maintaining cardiovascular fitness. Additionally, you will burn calories, relieve stress, release endorphins, build muscle endurance and improve your odds for good health. The bad news is that if you perform the same cardio activity in the same manner at the same speed/intensity each time you exercise, your muscles will grow accustomed to the exercise. That means they will become more efficient at that particular activity, resulting in the activity becoming easier to perform. So you will burn fewer calories, and your level of cardiovascular fitness will plateau off or diminish. To maximize the benefit of a 30-minute workout, you must tweak your routine. Here are some suggestions how: 1. Switch to interval training. Instead of walking on a treadmill at the same speed, go three minutes at your normal speed then go two minutes at a faster speed. Alternate for 30 minutes. 2. Use an incline. If you work out on a treadmill, set a 3 to 5-degree incline and exercise at your normal pace. You will work harder and burn more calories. 3. Use more muscle groups. Walking on a flat surface like a treadmill uses fewer muscle groups than exercising on elliptical cross training equipment or using a rowing machine. 4. Select an activity that burns more calories. Working out on a rowing machine burns more calories than walking or riding a stationary bike. 15 SPRING 2009 |
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