Year by year, more athletic departments across the country are adapting to a new type of athlete, one that does not run, jump and lift weights. This athlete is a gamer, a true gamer that sits in front of a screen using their quick twitch fingers to control the virtual world.
And the team, slowly swaying with their arms around one another, repeat it again. “Musa musa musa.” The circle sways a little faster. “Aye olè, bali wae bali wae!” Reinhardt and Bongiorni smile to each other as the team repeats the last part. Now it’s time to get loud.
Jaycox recorded strong seasons both her freshman and sophomore seasons, but her junior season ended at 10 games after enduring a stress fracture in her shin. She went into the summer and into the preseason with a goal common to many of her teammates: to win the MAAC Championship.
The typical college student will reluctantly go to class, do their homework when they’re supposed to and hang out with friends in their free time. The typical student-athlete also does all of this, and will practice and work out every day on top of it. Such a relaxed schedule is not typical for one Marist sophomore.
The limited field times and practice spaces are ongoing issues at Marist College. If you have never experienced Tenney Stadium at 5 a.m., consider yourself lucky. There are teams on the field before the sun rises, before the birds start chirping, and before the entire campus wakes up.
The 2017-2018 basketball season signaled a big step onto the national stage for Marist and it’s athletic department. The school, along with all of their Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference counterparts, began broadcasting all basketball games on ESPN3.
From beyond the grave, James J. McCann continues to perpetuate Marist Athletics through his foundation, the James J. McCann Charitable Trust.
A behind the scenes look at the Marist College Hockey team as they strive to make the ACHA National Tournament in Columbus, Ohio.
The football team has a field, the basketball teams have a court, but the track team has to trek to Vassar College to practice during the spring season. The athletic department has not given any direct explanations to the program as to why this is the case.
For some, club sports are a way to continue what they loved in high school. For others, it’s a way to try something they had not thought of trying before. However, for the Marist Men’s Volleyball team, one of the many club teams at Marist, the story is different.