Weekly Auburn roundup: Track and field and gymnastics teams break season, collegiate and career records
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
When collegiate athletics returned to play for the first time in the pandemic, Auburn soccer was the first to step onto the field. They played an SEC-only schedule, but now, with the spring schedule release, they know when their first non-conference game since last year will be.
Baseball, softball, golf and equestrian are also on the verge of starting their seasons. Meanwhile, Tigers on other teams are breaking records. Both the gymnastics team and the track team had outstanding individual performances.
Check out how Auburn’s different teams did in the past week:
News Highlights: Auburn fights No. 6 Georgia to the end Tech AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn worked hard against Georgia in three sets Tech but eventually
Auburn fights to the finish line at No. 6 Georgia Tech Story links ATLANTA – Auburn pushed three crucial games to third sets, but the Tigers came just short in a fight to the finish with No. 6 Georgia Tech, falling 5-2 Sunday afternoon.
“When you’re climbing a mountain, you can’t always take the same path to the top,” said Auburn head coach Caroline Lilley. “You have to climb in inches and focus on the next step instead of the whole journey ahead. Inch by inch, step by step. Climbing is like a tennis match point by point until the job is done.
Weekly Auburn roundup: Records are set across programs
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
The wins and losses record might not indicate a great week for Auburn sports, but many athletes and programs set school, season and personal records, including the gymnastics, swim and dive, and track and field programs.
One coach received a promotion, and multiple teams got news of their schedules and preseason rankings. Another team had to cancel their season.
As some programs wrapped up seasons and others wait for theirs to begin, the Auburn Tigers had an eventful week:
The Auburn team looks on from its dugout in its 12-2 loss to UCF on Sunday, February 23, 2020. UCF swept Auburn with a 1-3 win on Friday and a 3-7 win on Saturday. (Photo by Giana Han)
âAnd Still We Danceâ was the 2020 special online edition of Afro Dance Xplosion, produced by dance impresario Carolyn Lilly and her organization Feel the Rhythm Productions.
THE COVID-19 pandemic did not deter Lilly from setting the stage for her organizationâs mission of promoting
ââ¦dance within the African diaspora with workshops, showcases, interviews and education throughout the United Kingdom and beyond.â The weekend-long event was presented 23-25 October with virtual classes and streaming performances. Some of the works shown were a retrospective of the past five years of Afro Dance Xplosion concerts, that were presented before a live pre-Covid audience. I had the pleasure of attending both the live 2019 and the virtual 2020 performances and thus, appreciate the energies that were able to still translate through a virtual medium. The performance programme included live interviews with an impressive lineup of artists from a range of movement disc