SPORTS
Top left: Masked gymnasts cheer for their teammates. Bottom left: Tennis & Life assistant director Kinzee Salo disenfects courtside seating. Right: Joe Punnoose ’22 delivers a masked backhand.
NOT THE SAME BUT SOMETHING
Winter sports at Gustavus this year played
impressive 4-1 overall record and 3-0
under the umbrella of strict COVID-19
mark in the MIAC.
GUSTAVUS QUARTERLY | SUMMER 2021
protocols, which at times disrupted
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Men’s basketball played its first game
Men’s and women’s indoor track & field competed in four events and were recognized with seven student-athletes
the schedules. Men’s hockey played its
on Feb. 3 before pausing for nearly three
earning USTFCCCA All-Region honors.
first game on Jan. 29—nearly an entire
weeks. The team was able to end the
Gymnastics also competed in four events
calendar year since any Gustie team
season 3-4 overall and 3-3 in the MIAC.
with many athletes improving their scores
last competed—then was put on pause
Women’s basketball played on a similar
throughout the course of the season.
for nearly three weeks due to testing
timeline and finished its season 5-2 overall
protocols. The team was able to play
and 5-1 in the conference.
three more games in late February before
The men’s and women’s swim & dive
an exposure to a positive case on an
teams were able to compete in three
opposing team cut the season short.
meets—winning all three at home—and
The women’s hockey team experienced
At press time, spring sports have begun, and fall sports that were postponed earlier. Twice as many teams are in season in what is already a traditionally active spring. Wearing masks, social distancing, and
capped their seasons in impressive fashion
no fans in the stands created a new and
the same situation with an abrupt end
by setting 25 pool records during a two-
different environment for our winter sports
to the season, but not before posting an
day meet at Vic Gustafson Pool.
teams, but the competitive spirit never left.
