Deron Winn scores a national championship victory for the wrestling team in their last season
Des Moines, IA - In their last season ever, the STLCC-Meramec wrestling team finished 5th at the NJCAA National Wrestling Championship, with Deron Winn as the champion of his 184 pounds weight class. Out of the other seven wrestlers that competed in the championship, four also made it to the winning podium:, Quinten Haynes, 149 pounds weight class, finished 3rd; Anthony Saulled, 165, also finished 3rd; John Vogt, 174, finished 4th and Craig Chiles, 133, finished 7th.
Frisbee can be a fun activity for exercise that many people like to do on the beach. Now it may be becoming a club activity at STLCC-Meramec. Aletta Speegle, who is a faculty teacher in the mathematics department and member of the Wellness Committee started the club.
The ice may start to melt, but that won’t stop the STLCC-Meramec in-line hockey team from playing this season.
An athlete has two wishes when they near the end of his or her athletic career—to leave under his or her own will and to go out on top. Although it has been a rollercoaster season beyond the mat for the 2009-2010 STLCC-Meramec men’s wrestling team, the Magic are on the brink of achieving another memorable season, their final year at Meramec.
The 64-60 win over Penn Valley on Feb. 6, showed that the STLCC-Meramec Men’s Basketball team had the will and inspiration to come from behind and pull out the winner. What the score doesn’t show, is the inconsistency of the team throughout the second half.
Squeaks from tennis shoes stopping and starting on the basketball court echoed throughout the gymnasium at STLCC-Meramec, Saturday, Feb. 6, as the Women Magic defeated the Penn Valley Scouts of Kansas City, Mo., 68-58.
The past several years have been a rollercoaster ride for former STLCC- Meramec Magic, now St. Louis Cardinal third baseman, David Freese. The Freese rollercoaster keeps twisting and turning.
At STLCC-Meramec, students can abandon the world of technology and jump head-first into their natural roots.
Meramec teams rock the NJCAA
As the basketball and wrestling seasons find their way in the sports limelight of Meramec’s athletics, three teams have concluded their seasons, leaving center stage. Members of the women’s volleyball team and men’s and women’s soccer teams have hung up their shoes for the year.