Sports

  • Sports update

    Sports update

    Recently, there has been some discussion about various sports teams starting to practice, but not to compete. Elizabethtown College is following the National Collegiate Athletics Association’s (NCAA) decision to postpone all athletic competition, but are permitting teams to practice in small groups. Even though the athletes are practicing, they have to follow very strict COVID-19

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  • Iron Jay Challenge

    Iron Jay Challenge

    The Iron Jay Challenge is back! The Iron Jay is a challenge that anyone, faculty, staff, and students can walk, bike,  run, swim, or participate in fitness classes to complete the challenge. In this challenge. the goal is to either achieve 70.3 miles doing any fitness  activity, or achieving 140.6 miles doing any physical fitness

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  • MLS Commissioner Don Garber begins National Sports Safety and Security Conference, Holds Q & A

    MLS Commissioner Don Garber begins National Sports Safety and Security Conference, Holds Q & A

    The 2020 National Sports Safety and Security Conference, hosted by the University of Southern Missouri, began last week with a question and answer session held by Commissioner of Major League Soccer Don Garber and Former U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Thomas P. Bossert. The two answered questions and addressed concerns about restarting the 2020 Major League

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  • Cornhole Tournament

    Cornhole Tournament

    Recently, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) held its first ever cornhole tournament, which was a fundraiser for the Blue Jay Pantry, a new space on campus which is dedicated to providing Elizabethtown College students with food items sourced by donations from the community.  The event raised a total of $1,120 for the Blue Jay

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  • Tennis Courts

    Tennis Courts

    A walk by the Founders towers would include sights of construction vehicles, mounds of dirt and construction workers. Recently, the tennis courts at Elizabethtown College have been getting redone, since the tennis season was postponed. The tennis courts at Etown are regularly open to the public, and are commonly used by both the men’s and

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  • SAAC Meeting

    SAAC Meeting

    If a college or a university has a sports program, they will most likely have a Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). The SAAC works with the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) to give updates on rules, among other things. The SAAC at Elizabethtown College is no different. However, there is one major difference that sets

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