Athletics & Recreation
Westminster snowboard team finishes season with unusual races
During the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s Collegiate National Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., Westminster College’s snowboard team raced in five events: Giant slalom, slalom, boardercross, r...Read More
Dry Utah winter impacted Westminster ski team’s training
The lack of snow this winter prevented the Westminster College ski team from preparing for its races, limiting the opportunities they had to run through the gates and the amount of times they could go...Read More
Westminster College athletes go pro despite NCAA Division II standing
NCAA Division I athletic programs have the largest athletic budget and the most enrollment of any university athletic programs, according to a recruiting fact sheet from the organization. However, tha...Read More
Former athletes watched Olympics with nostalgia — but didn’t dream of going back
Heather McPhie Watanabe is used to being awake at odd hours. With a newborn baby, her schedule depends heavily on her daughter’s needs. But over the past few weeks, when she was awake at those odd hou...Read More
Westminster students learn how to scuba dive in a land-locked desert state
With ski resorts and hiking trails less than an hour away from the campus, Westminster College attracts many students interested in outdoor recreation — but one unexpected activity the desert state of...Read More
Outdoor leadership student works to recover after injury to achieve academic, career goals
When Patrick Marrinan, a junior at Westminster College, dropped off a cliff while snowboarding at Brighton Resort in December 2016, he knew he had too much speed. As he flew past the drop-off and land...Read More
Some student athletes struggle with body image, fitting ‘ideal’ physique for their sports
When Jasmine McWilliams, a first-year student on Westminster College’s dance and cheer teams, tried out for the Golden State Warriors, the Sacramento Kings and the Jazz Dance Team, she said she felt l...Read More
Westminster student battles scoliosis with rock climbing
For many students at Westminster College, rock climbing is a way to relieve stress and have fun. But for Cole Cooper, a junior political science major who was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis at ag...Read More
Participation fund aims to help lower-income students enjoy the outdoors
Nearly 19 percent of non-outdoor participants ages 6 and up said they don’t engage with outdoor recreation activities because the equipment is “too expensive,” according to the 2017 Outdoor Participat...Read More
Student mountain bikers say e-bikes should be allowed on non-motorized trails
E-bikes are one of the newest sources of controversy in the mountain bike community today because some people see them as motorcycles and others say they’re still bikes. But students at Westminster Co...Read More