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students, staff, faculty and alumni participated in a recent squash
tournament at the Rosenbaum Squash Center. |
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| Posted 05.02.07 |
Campus Community Participates in WesFest Squash Tournament
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All but one player got ‘squashed’ for the grand
prize during the WesFest Squash Tournament April 21 in the Rosenbaum Squash
Center.
The community-inspired tournament was open to all faculty, staff, students,
family, alumni and friends of the university. This year, a crowd of 45
players spanning all levels of skills and age ranges, took part in the
event.
“It was great to see such a cross section of squash playing community
present at the same time,” says co-coordinator Shona Kerr, head coach of
men’s and women’s squash and adjunct assistant professor of physical
education. “We hope to continue this expansion of community squash at
Wesleyan in conjunction with the enthusiasm of the playing members.”
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included Wesleyan’s top male varsity squash player, present and former
physical education class students, recent and not-so-recent alumi, Wesleyan
coaches, faculty and staff members, as well as Bob Rosenbaum, whom the
courts are dedicated to. Rosenbaum is a former national "Hardball Squash"
champion.
“His tournament match with Bill Wasch, which went to a 3-2 score, was an
inspiration to all present demonstrating squash as a sport for life,” Kerr
says. “Many faculty and staff members brought their family where we saw the
next generation trying out the sport and supporting their parents.”
Players were divided into four ability-based brackets: advanced players,
women-only, developing players and beginning players. All matches were best
of five games and roughly 70 matches later, the finalists emerged.
As for the results:
Advanced Players
Robert Broadfoot ’10 won the finals and took home the “Lunch Timers Holy
Grail” as a prize. Vijay Pinch, professor of history, won the consolation
finals.
 Women’s-Only
Elizabeth Larner ’08 won the finals and Hope Reichback ’10 won the
consolation finals.
Developing Players
Jerry Maguda, computer operations specialist, won the finals and Scott
Horowitz ’07 won the consolation finals.
Beginning Players
Thomas Glomann, a graduate student, won the finals and Bob Rosenbaum, the
University Professor of Sciences and Mathematics Emeritus, won the
consolation finals.
In addition, an honorable mention was awarded to Rosembaum and Wasch for
being “the most seasoned players,” Kerr says.
Tournament coordinators included Kerr, Maguda, and Henk Meij, applications
technology specialist. Tournament participants included Loren Adler, Rachel
Bedick, Keera Bhandari, Dan Bloom, Nathan Boon, Jonah Boyarin, Robert
Broadfoot, Tom Castelli, Chris Caesar, Pennan Chinnasamy, “JD” Delgado,
Facundo Fabbri, Nate Fowles, Andrea Giuliano, Tobias Glaser, Thomas Glomann,
Gwynne Hunter, Scott Horowitz, Elizabeth Larner, Duane Le, Michael Loegering,
Evan Lodge, Maguda, Katherine Manchester, Kyle McKee, Meij, Jeff Miller,
John Mogielnicki, Janet Mosley, Ana Pérez-Gironés,
William Pinch, Hope Reichbach, Bob Rosenbaum, Manuel Sanchez, Nate Sun, Sherry
Sybertz, Ken Taillon, Wasch, Steven Wengrovitz, Kurt Westby and Geoffrey
Wheeler.
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By Olivia Bartlett, The Wesleyan Connection
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