Department of Intramural-Recreational Sports 2014-15 Annual Report
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Special Events / Programs Faculty/Staff/Alumni Golf Scramble The Intramural and Recreational Sports Department sponsored the 23rd Annual Faculty/Staff Golf Scramble, which was held on Friday, June 13th at Quail Chase Golf Club. This event brought together 112 golfers from the university community consisting of faculty, staff, retirees, spouses, alumni and vendors. The teams were requested or chosen according to their handicap or average score. Everyone who participated received a round of golf with cart, an excellent pre round lunch from Sodexo Dining Services, a dry-fit golf shirt and a chance to win team prizes, individual skill competition prizes, and a $224 skins game. The weather was outstanding again which always plays a vital role in the tremendous success of the event. Currently, the Intramural Sports Staff are coordinating the 24th Annual Golf Scramble to be held at Quail Chase Golf Club on Friday, June 12, 2015. This annual golf event has provided a great opportunity for the Department of Intramural Sport to give something back to the university faculty/staff community. Project Graduation Project Graduation is one of the best outreach programs that our department is involved with. For the past sixteen years we have provided the recreation space in the SAC and SRC for post-graduation celebrations. The parent association from Male High School coordinated the evening activities and providing food and door prizes for the graduating seniors. Project Graduation provides a safe alternative to the alcohol-related parties normally associated with high school graduation. This past year the Department of Intramural Sports hosted the Male High School Project Graduation in the New SRC Recreational Center. The SRC provided an excellent venue for the evening lock-in events. The lock-in brought over 270 graduates to campus. Their parent committee did an excellent job in assisting with the evening activities. Most students arrived around 11:00 p.m. and left around 5:00 a.m. Currently we are planning on hosting the Male High School on June 5, 2015 in the SRC Recreational Center. NCA/UCA Cheerleading and Dance Camps The Intramural and Recreational Sports Department, for the last 22 years, has hosted Cheerleading and Dance camps for National Cheerleading and Dance Association (NCA/NDA). These camps are well attended and the organizers are extremely pleased with how they are accommodated at the University’s “New” SRC Recreational Center. The SRC not only provides first class facilities and services but the location is ideal for access to campus housing and dining services. This past year we hosted four Camps (UDA Dance Camp, NCA/NDA Dance & Cheer Camp, NCA Speed Cheer Camp and a NCA/NDA College Camp for Cheer, Dance and Mascots). The NCA/NDA camps brought over a 1300 campers to campus. Currently, the department is negotiating an agreement with both NCA Cheer & Dance and the University Athletic Department for four summer camps to be held in the SRC Recreational Center starting July 16 through August 2, 2015. International Night The Intramural Sports Department once again hosted two International Nights this year. Friday evenings are a popular time amongst the International Students who use our facilities, and it was decided to market specific events toward this population during these times. These events have evolved over the years. With the opening of the Student Recreation Center we used the evening as a way of attracting international students to the new center, and exposing them to the various new amenities available to them. The addition of the MAC Court proved an attractive new option for the evening, with soccer being popular worldwide. We again worked with the International Center, who helped us market the event directly to the various international clubs, which was well received. Once again our Badminton Club provided a strong international presence, as it is the most diverse of all of our sports clubs. These evenings were appreciated by the participants and are good outreach efforts for our department towards our International student population. In the future we will engage the different international student groups directly leading up to these events, with the intention of gathering information about what sort of activities our International Night should include. Canoe Regatta The Canoe Regatta is a very unique event but one that is undergoing some changes. We had 166 people signed up for the event this year and 142 actually participate. This is much lower than our biggest years when we might have 22- or more participants. It does continue to be the only event on our schedule that features higher female participation than male. This was our 5th year of having lunch in the Red Barn with our sponsor, Qdoba Mexican Grill. Even though it is great food and free for participants, we are seeing a decline in participation of this part of the event as well. The key is to send the UGA staff out to McNeely Lake early, before lunch ends, to secure the areas we need. We have had rescue personnel from the Louisville Police and Fire Departments the past 10 years and it appears that we have found a more consistent group to work with in this critical area. They have been more than cooperative and have provided a high level of emergency response capabilities should they be needed. The event is still popular and a great addition to our calendar as it may be the only one of its kind in the nation, but the declining participation is at least attention-grabbing from our end. Track Meet The Track Meet this year was great. We had over 180 participants and a great evening of weather for the meet. The participation was up over 25 people from last year. The Track Meet is a signature event for us as it is something else that we put on that very few other IM departments around the nation attempt. To have ours held at a venue that has served as host to events such as the KHSAA State Championships, Big East and NCAA Division I Regional Championships is a testimony to the overall strength of our structured intramural program. The help of students from the Administration of Recreational Sports class has been very significant to the success of the event. They have provided timers and judges for the finish line for several meets now. The assistance of the track coach has been very beneficial as well. Ron Mann was very helpful and supportive of us for many years. He has retired now but Dale Cowper, the current coach, was an assistant to Ron and has continued that level of support for us. Activity Evaluations Ultimate Frisbee This year was a record breaking year for Ultimate Frisbee. We saw an increase of 110 participants, 670 total, and an increase of 8 teams, 53 total, both records for the sport. This year we ran a tournament for the fraternity, women’s closed, and campus divisions, while keeping the league for Men’s Open and Co-rec, divisions. This year’s Champions were Slipped Discs, Degenerative Disc Disease, IMS, Sigma Chi, and Sigma Kappa. Kickball This year we changed the women’s kickball league to a one-day tournament, as we had in the past for the men. The women’s tournament saw 83 participants on 9 teams compete. The entire event was held on a Friday this year with Delta Zeta taking home the championship. The fraternity kickball tournament had 135 participants on 12 teams, up from 118 participants and 11 teams last year. We held the entire tournament on a Sunday afternoon, with Pi Kappa Alpha winning the championship. We also held a campus kickball tournament for the first time this year. We had 86 participants on 7 teams compete. We ran the tournament at the same time as the women’s on a Friday afternoon, with the Dimwits winning the championship. Suggestions: Play all 3 tournaments on a Sunday afternoon Use a line-up card next year
Sigma Alpha Epsilon was the champion of this year’s Fraternity division and Delta Zeta won the Women’s Closed Divisions. Championships were also won by The Purple Turtles, The Crows, Pulp Friction, and Da Truth. Track Meet The Track Meet went off without any problems this year. We had 182 participants, up from 156 last year come out to take part in a variety of Track and Field events. Chi Omega won the women’s division while Beta Theta Pi won the men’s overall title. Suggestions: Talk to the UofL Track team to see if any of their members can help run the events Tennis Singles We ended up with some really nice weather for the tournament this year. The 68 participants that signed up for the event were all happy that we had nice weather and the event went very smoothly. Daniel Miller from Beta Theta Pi (Fraternity), Kaitlin Ulbert from Delta Zeta (Women’s Closed), and Marco Sebastiani from PIKE (Campus). Suggestions: Stagger start times: run Fraternity and Men’s Open first, Campus and Women’s Closed 2 hours later Sand Volleyball We took the suggestion from last year and ran each division on one day only. This allowed for teams to devote one day to the tournament instead of two or three and allowed for the tournaments to run a lot smoother. We saw our numbers increase for the tournament again this year. The number of teams went from 49 to 52 with 351 participants on those teams. When it was all said and done Pi Kappa Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha, El Chupacabras, Notorious D.I.G. (Men’s), and Notorious D.I.G. (Corec) walked away as Champions. Tug-O-War We had to deal with some rainy weather this year for the Tug-O-War tournament. The weather resulted in a few teams not showing up, but those that did enjoyed the tournament this year. Only point’s division teams participated in this event again this year and we saw an increase in participants, 177 up from 149, and teams, 20 up from17. In the end, Sigma Alpha Epsilon won the Fraternity title, while Delta Zeta took home the women’s title. Indoor Soccer After running a tournament last year, we turned Indoor Soccer into a regular league sport. Due to this change we saw our number of teams go from 35 to 56 and our total number of participants go from 385 to 722. This year Pi Kappa Alpha, Chi Omega, ISO, International, and Pike Broz and Chi O’s won their respective divisions. Suggestions: Need to look at the officials clinic and revamp it Volleyball This year we saw another increase in both teams and participants, moving from 63 to 70 total teams and 718 to 751 participants playing in the Volleyball league. Volleyball is usually one of the hardest sports to find officials for, but that was not the case this year. Beta Theta Pi won the Fraternity division, Pi Beta Phi won the Women’s Closed division, Notorious D.I.G. won the Co-Rec division, IMS won the Campus division, and Notorious D.I.G. won the Men’s Open Division. Sports Trivia Sports Trivia is always one of the more enjoyable events on the schedule each year. We had 11 teams with 44 participants compete. After taking a test, the teams were seeded and then paired against each other until we had a winner. We were unable to find an updated game again this year, so we created our own questions for the elimination round. This year’s Fraternity winner was Beta Theta Pi, while the Men’s Open winner was Certified Champs. Suggestions: Continue to look for an update game Turkey Trot The 61st Annual Turkey Trot took place on a day that featured a lot of sunshine. We used the same course as last year, which is different than the old course, due to the construction that was taking place along 3rd street. This year we had 96 participants, up by 12 from the previous year. The women’s division was won by Hannah Juttner of Chi Omega and Andy Rains of Beta Theta Pi finished first in the Fraternity division. Chi Omega won overall in Women’s Closed, while Beta Theta Pi won for the third consecutive year in the Fraternity division. As is normally the case with this event, the campus police played a major role in the event running so smoothly. Suggestions: Check the course before the race due to construction along 3rd street Badminton Tournament Due to the opening of the new SRC, Badminton was taken off of the schedule for a year. Badminton was added back onto the schedule this year and we saw a record number of participants. We had a total of 175 participants for the event which took about 3 hours to complete. In the end Austin Dunn from SAE, Dunn and Baldridge from SAE, Jakson Deyer from IMS, Deyer and Ramsay from IMS, Kayla Meisner from Chi Omega, and Frink and Connor from Delta Zeta won the championships. 3 on 3 Basketball The 3v3 Basketball tournament was another event that we saw record participation numbers in this year. We had saw 297 participants up from 208 last year and a total of 62 teams compete in the tournament this year. Delta Zeta won the Women’s Closed division, Pi Kappa Alpha won the Fraternity division, IMS won the Campus division, and Move That won the Men’s Open division. Swim Meet The swim meet continued to be a unique event for the students as it is one of the very few events of its kind in the nation. The event was again hosted in the Ralph Wright Natatorium and with the help of the Natatorium staff the event ran extremely efficiently. This year we had 103 participants take to the pool. The team champions this year were: Pi Kappa Alpha (Fraternity), and Delta Zeta (Women’s Closed). Bowling Doubles This year we held the event at Executive Strike N Spare on Phillips Lane again. Our participation numbers increased from 176 participants last year to 276 this year. We were able to get everyone signed in and assigned to their lane in a relative short period of time. Pi Kappa Alpha won as a team in the Fraternity division, Kappa Delta won in the Women’s Closed division, IMS won the Campus division, and the team of Fugate/Porter won the Corec division. Individually, the high scores went to Jacobs/White of Pi Kappa Alpha, Fugate/Adams of Kappa Delta, and Ramsay/Brown of IMS Billiards This year we saw our participation in the tournament skyrocket all the way up to 178 people compared to 72 last year. As always the event was broken down into 3 divisions: Fraternity, Women’s Closed and Campus. The winners were: Josh Latzko of Beta Theta Pi (Frat Singles), Chhabra/Smith of Phi Kappa Tau (Frat Doubles), Becca Wuestefeld of Delta Zeta (Women’s Closed Singles), Bramlage/Bramlage of Delta Zeta (Women’s Closed Doubles), Gregory Kubicki (Campus Singles), and Kubicki/Smith (Campus Doubles). Basketball This year’s Basketball league saw 112 teams sign up, breaking the record that was set last year of 108. We also saw an increase of 50 participants from last year bringing our total this year to just over 1,150. While some of the teams came out just wanting to have a good time, many of the games were extremely competitive and often times, played down to the wire to determine a winner. This year we tied the Graduate Basketball league into the Basketball league to try and make the scheduling of those games easier. It worked well this year and we will continue to do it this way in the future. In the end, the teams who rose to the challenge to take home the Championships were: Fraternity – Lambda Chi Alpha, Women’s Closed – Kappa Delta, Campus – ULSOM 2015, Grad School- Gitchy Gitchy Ya Ya, Men’s Open A – Lob City, Men’s Open B –The Clowns, Co-Rec – Back That Pass Up, and Women’s Open – Lady Dandies. Suggestions: Towels need to be brought up to games to wipe sweat off floors Continue/Revise jersey check-out system
Stagger start times so that every team does not show up at the same time Court Dodgeball This year we kept the same format (tournament-style) for Court Dodgeball. We had 25 teams and 191 participants in all divisions. We updated the rules a little before the tournament began in an effort to make it run smoother. This year’s winners were Pi Kappa Alpha (Fraternity), Chi Omega (Women’s Closed), and Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Campus). Suggestions: Need 3-4 workers to manage all courts and sign in participants Team Handball For the second straight year we played Team Handball in the MAC Court. Since it was only our second year of playing in the MAC Court, we were still trying to figure out the best rules to use for play. We made several adjustments before the year started and these changes seemed to pay off as everyone enjoyed playing this season. This year’s league winners were Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Delta, SigEp Purple, and Strepococcus Oralis. Suggestions: Continue to update and tweak rules Tennis Doubles This year’s tennis doubles tournament saw us double the amount of participants from last year, 85 up from 42. This was mainly because we held the tournament one week later than the year before, so the weather was nicer. Miller/Schultz from Beta Theta Pi won the Fraternity division, Wurth/Grobelny from Delta Zeta won the Women’s Closed division, and Forns/Sebastiani from Pi Kappa Alpha won the Campus division. Golf Tournament We held the golf tournament at Cherokee Golf Course again this year on a Friday afternoon. This event is still only for points for the fraternities so our numbers remain a little low every year. This year we had 35 gofers show up and compete in the tournament. We had a beautiful day weather-wise which really helped with our turnout. Ryan Barnes from Phi Kappa Tau won for the lowest individual score and Barnes/Chhabra from Phi Kappa Tau had the lowest combined team score. Disc Golf This was the third year of the Disc Golf tournament being held at Iroquois Park’s Disc Golf Course. This year we saw 10 teams sign up with a total of 28 participants. We held the event just a few hours after the golf tournament which may have affected our numbers a little. We also made a rule change this year that allowed players to use more than one disc, which everyone seemed to be very pleased about. This year’s winners were: Sterling Baker from Lambda Chi Alpha won the Fraternity division, while Ryan Ramsay from IMS won the Campus division. Putt-Putt We held putt-putt later in the day like we did last year and we had another successful event. We saw an increase from 61 participants to 70 this year. The event ran very smoothly lasting a little over an hour. Sign in was split up between three people, which made the process go smoothly. This year’s organization winners were Pi Kappa Alpha in the Fraternity division, Delta Zeta in the Women’s Closed Division, and IMS in the Campus division. The low round of the day went to Ben Streepey of SAE (Fraternity), Talia Horn of ZTA (Women’s Closed), and Tad Porter of IMS (Campus). Bowling Singles For this year’s bowling singles tournament we saw 70 people sign-up and bowl. The event was held at Executive Strike N Spare on Phillips Lane. This year’s event went by really quickly, only lasting about an hour and a half thanks to the staff being able to sign participants in quickly and coordinating with bowling staff efficiently. The organization winners were Pi Kappa Alpha in the Fraternity division, Delta Zeta in the Women’s Closed division, and IMS in the Campus division. High games went to Hunter Showalter of SAE (Fraternity), Carleigh Adams of Kappa Delta (Women’s Closed), and Chad Harrod of IMS (Campus). Facility Usage Statistics List of Facility User Groups Intramural Sports Statistics All Campus Points Totals Intramural Champions 2015-16 Intramural Schedule Directory: intramurals -> about-us intramurals -> Monday, April 20th through Saturday May 2nd Registration Deadline: Monday, April 13th at 5pm the game about-us -> Department of Intramural-Recreational Sports 2016-17 Annual Report about-us -> Annual Report Table of Contents Download 413.65 Kb. Share with your friends:
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