Yeowomen Edged Out of First Place in NCAC Indoor Championships
Khalid McCalla, Jane Agler, and Zoë Martin del Campo
March 6, 2020
This past weekend, the Ohio Wesleyan Bishops put an end to the Yeowomen’s three-year dynasty at this year’s North Coast Athletic Conference Track & Field Indoor Championships. Ohio Wesleyan and Oberlin have been neck-and-neck for the past several years, with Oberlin clinching the first-place s...
Recruitment Brings a Variety of Athletes to Campus
Zoë Martin del Campo, Contributing Sports Editor
March 6, 2020
For many high school students around the nation, applying to college is a tedious process that often begins their junior year. However, for student-athletes, the college search process can begin years in advance, with some students contacting coaches as early as middle school. Oberlin coaches typically beg...
Women’s Tennis Rides Momentum
March 6, 2020
After an exhausting schedule with two consecutive double-headers, two away games last week, and three matches this past weekend, the Oberlin women’s tennis team is now 5–5. Despite a tiring past couple of weeks, the team still continues to bring its A-game. After a slow start to its previous seas...
College Third-Year Tom Decker, Men’s Lacrosse Player
Jordan Auerbach
March 6, 2020
College third-year Tom Decker, the men’s lacrosse team’s leading scorer this season, is on a scorching tear. After burning the Thiel College Tomcats with a nine-point game in the Yeomen’s 21–10 season-opening win, Decker was awarded the North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week awar...
Football Welcomes New Head Coach
Zoë Martin del Campo, Contributing Sports Editor
February 28, 2020
When newly hired Head Football Coach Steve Opgenorth enters the room, his energy and approachability jump out. On his desk is a copy of The Football Coaching Bible by the American Football Coaches Association, and various accolades hang from his wall. “Trust the process,” is one of the many cat...
Oberlin Should Support Women’s and Men’s Athletics Equally
Jackie Brant, Opinions Editor
February 28, 2020
After attending both women’s basketball and men’s basketball games several times this year, I have begun to notice a disturbing pattern. The women’s basketball team has been playing the earlier game slot this season, while the men’s basketball team plays the later game slot. This has been the ...
Women’s Lacrosse Opening Nailbiter Sets High Bar for Upcoming Season
Jane Agler, Contributing Sports Editor
February 28, 2020
Third-year varsity women’s lacrosse player Ali Wessel looked forward to returning to the field this spring after being sidelined the previous season due to an ACL tear. She did not expect, however, to return and play in some of the most memorable games of her lacrosse career. “I think it was th...
Dan Palmer, Head Women’s Soccer Coach
February 28, 2020
Head women’s soccer coach Dan Palmer has led the women’s soccer team to some of its best seasons ever, including the most successful four year stretch in team history between 2014 and 2017. Despite his impressive résumé, Palmer and the Yeowomen struggled this season, posting a 4-14-1 record. S...
![The men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at the North Coast Athletic Conference Combined Events Championships last Saturday. The day saw several athletes put together impressive showings, headlined by College third-year Adriano Atallah and College fourth-year Christine Impara setting new school records in the heptathlon and pentathlon, respectively. Impara, whose 2,995-point day broke the previous school record of 2,984, felt that it was a culmination of all the hard work she has put into the sport.
“It’s been a long time coming for me,” Impara said. “To see the improvement that I have seen [since my first year] is very rewarding. I have had my eye on the school record for a while now and it is so gratifying and surreal in a way to have achieved that.”
Impara, Atallah, and the rest of the track and field teams will compete in the NCAC Conference Championships today and tomorrow at Denison University to conclude their indoor season. The teams will have about a month after that to prepare for their outdoor season, which will begin March 28 at The College of Wooster. For Impara, the rest of her senior year will be focused on helping the team and cherishing her final moments.
“My goal for myself is to score as many points as possible for our team and give everything I can to the competition,” said Impara. “I really want to appreciate every moment with this team and this sport.”](https://oberlinreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ChristineImpara_OCAthletics_WEB-475x267.jpg)
The Wade Family’s Positive Influence
Khalid McCalla, Sports Editor
February 21, 2020
NBA star Dwyane Wade recently announced that his daughter, Zaya, is transgender. This announcement was immediately met with support from those who saw Wade’s acceptance of his daughter’s gender identity as evidence of a shifting norm; and criticism from those without a full understanding of what...
Current and Former Football Players Express Concern About Team Culture
Zoë Martin del Campo, Contributing Sports Editor
February 21, 2020
Founded in 1891, Oberlin’s football team has provided a community to both athletes and spectators, alike, for generations. Despite this history, the team has seen significant turnover over the past few years; this past season alone, seven players left the team. This upcoming season, the team will ...
