BYU track and field competes at the University of Southern California Invitational
Posted: March 25, 2012 at 6:22 am
LOS ANGELES Junior Allyson Anderson led the BYU womens track team with a dominating performance in the javelin at the USC Trojan Invitational.
Anderson set a new personal best in her javelin win with a throw of 51.19m (167-11). Her throw ranks third in BYU history and currently ranks third in the NCAA. Anderson was the lone Cougar to win an event at the meet.
The high jump was also a strong event for the Cougars. Senior Diana Blauer led BYU with a second-place finish after a season-best jump of 1.70m (5-7.00). Ada Robinson and Taylor Stapley tied for sixth in the event with a height of 1.60m (5-3.00).
Angela Shields snagged another second-place finish for the Cougars. Shields finished the 400m hurdles in 1:01.77 to cross the line just behind the winner.
In the 3000m steeplechase, Andrea Nelson managed to finish second in 10:46.45. She was followed closely by teammate Jennica Redd, who crossed the line in third in 11:11.56.
Senior Sarah Edwards finished fourth in the 1500m in 4:24.06. Michaelanne Laurent also competed in the race and finished eighth in 4:28.84.
Also picking up a solid finish on the track was Jenessa Carlson. Carlson competed in the 800m for the first time this year and finished fifth in 2:15.08. In the sprints, Kassie Jensen finished the 100m in 12.25, good enough for eighth, while Aubrey Hale crossed in 12.35 to claim ninth.
Both Diane McAllister-Perry and Nicole Naatjes tied their season bests in the pole vault, with jumps of 3.72m (12-2.50). Mellissa Keltner set a new personal best with a triple jump of 12.05m (39-6.50), good enough for fourth place.
Final results from the USC Trojan Invitational are available on royalresults.com. The Cougars will continue their season at the annual Texas Relays on March 30-31.
Taylor Wilson works for BYU Athletic Communications as a Sports Information Director for women's track and field. He can be reached at wtrack_sid@byu.edu.
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Helping students aspire to success
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More than one million students a year fail to graduate with their class. Over the past four years, AT&Ts Aspire program has worked with organizations across the country to help reverse this trend and achieve a national goal of a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020. Although the high school dropout rate has improved, it is still a critical problem, particularly in an era when competition for jobs is intense.
Continuing our efforts to address this critical issue, we are excited to launch a new phase of Aspire a $250 million investment that will build on our existing initiative to help more students graduate from high school prepared for careers and college and ensure our nation is better prepared for global competition. AT&T Aspire has already reached more than one million students with $100 million invested since 2008, and now we are doubling down on American students and Americas future
In Florida, public officials and educators have placed a premium on education, and we have had an opportunity to play a role in their success. The Florida AT&T Aspire investment of almost $5 million since 2008 has benefitted South Florida organizations including Take Stock in Children and the Miami Science Museum.
David Green is an exemplary example of the local impact of AT&T Aspire.
David began the Miami Science Museum program during the summer after eighth grade. He had moved from Jamaica to the Overtown community with his mother, and transitioning into American inner-city culture was difficult. David found himself involved with gangs and after a couple of life-threatening situations, made the decision to leave.
Through support from the Miami Science Museum program activities, David has successfully transformed himself into the valedictorian at Booker T. Washington Senior High in Miami. Hes gained admission to the University of Florida and is awaiting decisions from other top-ranked schools. David was also a Posse Finalist, a finalist for the Dell Scholars program, the Gates Millennium Scholarship, the Coca-Cola Scholarship and has already been awarded over $10,000 in additional scholarship monies. His goal is to become a neurosurgeon.
David has succeeded because of his personal dedication, and adult and peer mentors providing positive influences to guide him in the right direction.
This new phase of Aspire will take a socially innovative approach that goes beyond traditional philanthropy, engaging people and technology to create distinctive solutions to social problems.
Today, the mobile Internet is omnipresent. Students of all ages are using this powerful resource, harnessing its potent power for the cause of education. For example, AT&T Foundry innovation centers will work with educators and other companies to find atypical approaches to help improve education. You can expect to see a particular emphasis on gamification, mobile applications, video and social media the communications environments in which todays students are most comfortable to instill a new level of excitement into learning.
But it will also take people to solve this challenge.
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New format proves success for Morning with Mr. Bunny event
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Parents and young children poured into Heritage Place on Metcalf Street early Saturday to take part in Conroes annual Morning with Mr. Bunny event.
The free event ran from 10 a.m. to noon. Unlike previous years, where the event featured a large egg hunt, Event Coordinator Rachel Bonnette said theyre instead letting children and parents visit booths featuring local businesses to collect eggs.
The egg hunt was a bit of a mad scramble for the kids, Bonnette said. Having the children visit vendors extends the life of the event and makes sure all of the children are happy.
The free event featured about a dozen different vendors handing out eggs to children and offering information about their businesses to parents. Bonnette said they hoped to increase the number of vendors attending the event as people become more familiar with the new format.
Vendors included Infinity Auto Insurance, ATA Martial Arts of The Woodlands and Spring and Rodgers Stein Chiropractor among others.
Each vendor also donated a basket filled with candy and other goodies. They were given away as prizes to children who were lucky enough to find an egg with a winning paper slip inside of it.
The Morning with Mr. Bunny offered a variety of activities for young children, many of which have become mainstays of the event this includes face painting, bunny hop races and, of course, pictures with Mr. Bunny.
Photographers from the City of Conroe and Pixel Parties from The Woodlands were on hand to take photos of the event and pictures with children atop Mr. Bunnys lap.
Bonnette also said there were a number of new activities at this years event.
This year weve added mini stock car racing. Bonnette said. She also said that in addition to a usual snake exhibit, there was going to be a crocodile on display for children to see.
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Melanie Fiona: A Grammy Winner Gets Personal
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Melanie Fiona's new album is titled The MF Life.
Melanie Fiona's new album is titled The MF Life.
The MF Life is the second album by R&B singer Melanie Fiona, released this past week. The two-time Grammy winner says the title has sparked a lot of discussion.
"It gets people talking to each other," Fiona says. "I wanted it to be a collection of music and songs that make people think about the things that we actually go through and feel, and to acknowledge that to know that there's someone out there singing their story, as well."
Born and raised in Toronto, with Caribbean roots, Fiona says she inherited her parents' musical tastes artists such as Sam Cooke, Bob Marley, Patsy Cline, Otis Redding and Ben E. King.
"But I'm an '80s baby, so at the time I was born, Whitney Houston was 'the voice,'" Fiona says. "It was just so soothing to me to hear her inflection, her emotion and her control. It is just so magnificent, and it's incomparable, in my opinion, to any other voice that's ever existed. ... I think that had a lot of influence on me, and on why I feel I need to make music that should make people feel passionate about it."
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Be in the pink of health
Posted: March 24, 2012 at 10:15 am
VISITORS to The Star Wellness & Fitness Showcase 2012 in Penang on April 7 and April 8 can indulge in myriad fun-filled activities and glean important pointers to ensure a lifetime of blessed health.
The inaugural event, to be held at Straits Quay in Tanjung Tokong from 7.30am to 10pm on both days, is expected to attract over 10,000 people, and will feature mass aerobics sessions, fitness and martial arts demonstrations, along with medical talks, health screenings and lucky draws for the public.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony of the event logo at the retail marina complex yesterday, Star Publications (M) Bhd regional operations manager Chung Chok Yin pointed out that the event is in line with the governments efforts in promoting a healthy lifestyle.
As the peoples paper, we felt it would be good if we could help play a role in shaping a healthy community. We hope the programmes lined up will spur visitors to pay better attention to their well-being, and adopt a healthy lifestyle, he said.
Activities on the first day start with a mass line dance session at 7.30am at the seafront promenade with an estimated 300 participants.
This will be followed by a mass aerobics session at 8am, along with various martial arts and fitness demonstrations from 9am to 12.30pm.
There will be a series of health talks between 11am to 6pm, with topics like Yoga for Beauty and Slim Body, Stress Management, Heart Attack: How to Prevent and Survive It?, Breast Cancer Awareness, Understanding Cancer and Does My Child Have Autism?
From 6pm onwards, twinkle-toed performers will entertain the crowd with ballroom, Latin, Argentinian Tango, Bachata, Zumba and Bollywood dance demonstrations.
The showcases highlight takes place on the second day at 7.30am, where some 500 participants are expected to flex their muscles in the 3km Fun Family Walk around the Straits Quay vicinity.
It will be an enjoyable Sunday morning stroll for all in the family. Whats more, participants also stand to win lucky draw prizes, of which the main ones are sponsored by Takasima, added Chung.
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