Sow, Fabian Among the 2021 Big West Conference Scholar-Athlete Honorees
Posted: Mar 03, 2021
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The Big West Conference today announced that 22 individuals were named 2020 Big West Scholar Athletes of the Year. The conference honored two student-athletes from each institution – including UC Santa Barbara softball player Samantha Fabian and men s basketball player Amadou Sow – acknowledging their accomplishments on the field, in the classroom and in their communities. On Wednesday, these exemplary scholar athletes will be featured in the Big West Academic honors, a half hour show on ESPN3, which will highlight the exploits of both current and former student-athletes who push the boundaries of being a Scholar Athlete.
As COVID-19 turns more children into orphans, siblings step up to fill the void
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Geoff Burns, former USATF 100km champ, and PHd shoe expert joined us on this weekś LEpodcast to talk supershoes this week. We talked a lot about road shoes but then turned to super spikes.
He says the playing field is still not fair and he also expects a big shakeup in track times this year as more athletes race in super spikes.
His comment on spikes 2021 on the track is going to look like 2018 on the roads. Many people might say that is a good thing. Bad news however he said, I don t think we have a shoe we don t have other spikes that are competitive with Nike
Brenda Martinez Accepts No Fault Finding After Testing Positive For Banned Substance
USADA Press Release
December 29, 2020
Colorado Springs, Colo. – USADA announced today that Brenda Martinez, of Big Bear, Calif., an athlete in the sport of track and field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance, which was determined to have been ingested by her without fault or negligence. As a result, Martinez will not face a period of ineligibility for her positive test.
“This is our sixth no-fault case in just one year, meaning that yet another athlete has been unjustly charged with a violation and publicly recognized for ingesting a prohibited substance from a completely innocent source, such as contaminated medication, meat, or water, and despite there being no effect on performance,” said Travis T. Tygart, Chief Executive Officer of USADA. “USADA strongly objects to this requirement under the rules and will continue to urge WADA to reform the system to be fairer for athlet