Flip in the Parkour Club

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Flip into Parkour Club

Emily Hench

Arts & Entertainment Editor

Anyone who has spent time online has most likely noticed the large amount of parkour videos that have popped up over the years. However, parkour isn’t just something online stars can do; in fact, NC State has its own club dedicated to tricking, flipping and freerunning.

Parkour, Freerunning and Tricking at NC State (PFK) has been an active club since spring of 2017. The group typically holds an interest meeting at the beginning of each semester and then holds weekly training sessions for its members to participate in.

In the group’s first meeting of the semester, their interest meeting clarified the definition of parkour, freerunning and tricking. While parkour focuses on efficient movement over obstacles, tricking is more focused on combos of flips, kicks and bends meant to add a particular aesthetic to movement. Freerunning is comprised of both of these, with parkour-inspired movements that are flourished with elements of tricking.

Travis Norona, a fourth-year studying engineering and a member of PFK, also spoke about some more of the parkour-specific terms that the group uses.

“There’s a lot of different parkour terminology [that we use],” Norona said. “Lines are chain moves, or a series of motions. We’ll typically call our practices ‘trainings’ because we’re training ourselves to be better at the moves we will be trying to advance, the motions and techniques.”

Norona also spoke about some of the more specific moments the group does during their training.

“We do climbing,” Norona said. “Not completely vertical, but just to get yourself up on top of a surface. . . We also do vaulting, which is how you get up and over an obstacle and other variations of that.”

Eugene Zboichyk, a fourth-year studying aerospace engineering and PFK’s president, spoke about what goes into a usual training session from the group.

“We start with a warm-up, just stretching and stuff to warm up our muscles and joints,” Zboichyk said. “Then we’ll typically jog to a spot to start practicing. We usually have a particular move or skill in mind, so we’ll go out and practice it. After about 20 or so minutes, we’ll usually switch to something a bit more freestyle, so you can work on whatever move you’d like to

work on.” Though the club is able to practice across most of campus, both Norona and Zboichyk mentioned that there are some limitations to where the group can do parkour, such as not being able to go above the first floor of buildings. Norona also added that they usually aim to end their training sessions with a bit of a creative spin. “We’ll normally try to end our trainings with more creative lines,” Norona said. “We’ll play a game called Add-On. Someone will start with one move, and the next person will have to do that same thing and add on another move. We’ll then do it for a little bit until we think that it’s satisfying; so, it’s challenging for everyone, everyone gets to think and everyone gets to be a part of it.” Zboichyk said that this particular activity is a good way to see each of the individual styles utilized by the group’s members. “Usually people [doing parkour] all have their own distinct styles,” Zboichyk said. “If you incorporate movements from everybody into a dif“I think you can gain a ferent line, you can start to see new lot from the club and the ways of approachsport.” ing things.” Outside of the scheduled trainings, members will often get together to train on their own time, according to Norona. Norona also said the group is working to bring in professionals to help the club train. “They’re coming in to help us perfect the techniques we’ve already been practicing during our trainings,” Norona said. “You don’t coach somebody to do something if they’re not ready to do it. I’ve trained with the coaches before; it’s repetitive, but they make it fun. They’re all really good people, and they’ll say ‘this needs to be perfect, and this is how we’re going to get there.’” Norona thinks that individuals can get a lot out of parkour, both in exercise and accomplishment. “I think you can gain a lot from the club and the sport,” Norona said. “You can gain a lot from the sport itself by pushing your own limits, and you find out what you’re capable of. That’s why I’ve always loved it. It becomes no more dangerous than any other sport when you’re certain about what you can do. I definitely look at it as being very healthy; it’s good exercise, and you don’t really notice that you’re doing so.” More information on the group can be found on their Get Involved page.

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Pack looks to repeat as EAGL Champions

Tyler Stocum

Staff Writer

Having concluded the regular season last Sunday, the NC State gymnastics team looks to the postseason with the EAGL Championships coming up this Saturday in Durham, New Hampshire. All six teams in the EAGL conference compete in this championship meet.

The team is coming off a third-place finish in a quad-meet that featured three other top30 teams: West Virginia, Penn State and Ohio State. The Wolfpack is currently ranked No. 27 in the country.

Senior Caitlyn Fillard has been a top performer all year in the all-around competition for the Pack. In its 12 meets, Fillard has been the top all-around scorer in seven of these meets, for the Wolfpack. The past three meets she has scored 39.000 or better in the all-around.

The Pack has had stellar performances from senior Drew Grantham lately on vault, as she has had the highest score for the Wolfpack in that event the past five meets. Grantham and Fillard have been the two main all-around performers for the Pack this season.

The toughest competition the Pack will have in this meet comes from the New Hampshire Wildcats. The Pack leads the EAGL conference with an average total score of 195.342. The Wildcats are the only other team close to the Pack in this conference, with an average score of 195.100.

Last year, the Pack won the EAGL Championship for the first time since 2013, and this year it’s looking to repeat for the first time since 1999-2000.

The 2019 EAGL Championship will begin this Saturday at 2 p.m. and is hosted by the University of New Hampshire.

NATALIE WARNER/TECHNICIAN Senior Caitlyn Fillard dances across the floor on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. NC State won the tri-meet against William and Mary and Western Michigan with a final score of 195.350.

No. 1 Wolfpack baseball travels to Florida to take on Miami

Emma Sheppard

Correspondent

The No. 1 NC State baseball team (20-1, 5-1 ACC) will travel to Florida to take on the Miami Hurricanes (15-5, 3-3 ACC) in a three-game series this weekend.

Miami was ranked No. 29 in the most recent D1 Collegiate Baseball Poll, after dropping two games out of its threegame series to UNC-Chapel Hill, putting its ACC record at 3-3, with only one other loss to Georgia Tech.

On the other hand, NC State was ranked No.1 in the poll, the first No. 1 ranking in program history. The Pack suffered its first loss of the season to Florida State last weekend, but bounced back on Tuesday with an 11-1 win over Towson.

Sophomore outfielder Jonny Butler continues to show off his talent with two RBIs, a double, a walk and four runs on Tuesday. Junior shortstop Will Wilson also continues to impress with a hitting percentage of .330. He also hit his fifth home run and a double on Tuesday, allowing four runners to cross the plate for the Wolfpack.

As for Miami, sophomore Freddy Zamora is a top hitter for the Hurricanes with a batting average of .368 and a total of 28 hits on the season, including five home runs. Zamora was recently named ACC Player of the Week.

Two other strong hitters for the Hurricanes are sophomore Alex Toral and freshman Adrian Del Castillo. Toral has a promising swing, with a batting average of .274 and a total of 10 home runs this season. Del Castillo has a batting average of .321 and hit a three-run homer during Miami’s final game against UNC-Chapel Hill.

The biggest struggle for the Hurricanes is keeping a lead. They tend to score early on in their matchups and then allow their opponent to come back and take the lead. Head coach Gino DiMare said that allowing other teams to have big innings after scoring runs has happened far too many times this season.

As for the Wolfpack, the team seems to have no problem grabbing the lead early on and keeping it throughout the game. NC State will take on Miami at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field in Coral Gables, Florida in a series with first pitches at 7 p.m. on Friday, 7 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

DAVID TRACEY/TECHNICIAN Sophomore outfielder Jonny Butler sprints to first base against Towson on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at Doak Field. Butler went 4-4 with one double, four runs scored, two runs batted in and one walk in the Wolfpack’s 11-1 win.

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Third-seeded women’s basketball kicks off NCAA tournament against Maine

Tristan Tucker

Staff Writer

The NC State women’s basketball team (26-5, 12-4 ACC) will take on the Maine Black Bears (25-7, 15-1 AEC) in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum. NC State is the third seed in the Greensboro section of the bracket while Maine is the 14th seed.

Maine and NC State met in the regular season, with the Pack winning handily, 8446. Since the blowout loss, the Black Bears are 18-4 including postseason play. The majority of the Black Bears’ wins since the loss to NC State have been blowout wins, and the last time the Black Bears lost in either regular season or postseason play was Jan. 16, with the team riding a 14 game winning streak.

Although Maine plays in a smaller conference and lost to the Pack earlier in the season, do not count the team out. Maine won the American East Conference dominantly. Maine also defeated teams such as ninth-seeded UNC-Chapel Hill and 23-10 conference rival Hartford twice.

The Black Bears are led in scoring by guard Blanca Millan, who averages 17.6 points per game, which is more than any individual Wolfpack player. Other Black Bears starters include guards Tanesha Sutton, Parise Rossignol and Dor Saar, who all score in double digits per game. Forward Fanny Wadling plays in the middle for Maine and collects the majority of the team’s rebounds.

Meanwhile, the Pack is coming off an ACC Tournament loss to the Louisville Cardinals who then suffered a blowout loss to Notre Dame. Freshman center Elissa Cunane played strongly in both of the Pack’s ACC Tournament games, with the first game being a win over Florida State. Cunane scored over 20 points or more in both games and collected a combined 15 rebounds.

The Pack will need to rely on Cunane and senior forward DD Rogers to grab many rebounds and score inside to expose the Black Bear’s overall lack of size. Maine primarily relies on 5-foot-10 Sutton and 6-foot-1 Wadling to grab their rebounds, as they average 7.4 and 9.0 per game respectively.

However Millan, the Black Bears’ star guard, has a decent overall skillset. She averages 4.3 rebounds and a strong 2.8 steals per game. Millan is also surrounded by shooters Rossignol and Saar, who both shoot over 37 percent from 3-point land, while Rossignol shoots an impressive 41.2 percent from beyond the arc.

Luckily, the Pack is a decent 3-point shooting team, shooting 34 percent as a team while only allowing opponents to shoot 32 percent from the same range.

In the previous matchup between the two squads, the Pack held the Black Bears to just 46 points and forced them to shoot a miserable 24.4 percent from 3-point range and just 27 percent overall. Maine’s leading scorer was bench guard Kelly Fogarty, who finished the game with 13 points.

On the other hand, the Pack dominated all around in the previous game, having five players finish with double digit points and grabbed 50 rebounds compared to Maine’s 26. This blowout game was despite the Pack finishing with more turnovers than Maine. However, the Pack drew far more fouls than Maine, shooting 16 free throws compared to Maine’s four.

While the Pack can employ many of the same strategies it used to defeat Maine in the previous game, many things have changed since the outing. As mentioned before, Maine is on a 14-game winning streak and will likely play harder than before in order to try and upset the Pack. Secondly, in the previous game the Pack was able to rely on redshirt junior guard Grace Hunter, redshirt senior guard Armani Hawkins and junior forward Erika Cassell for scoring, all of whom are out for the season with injuries.

However, in the last game Cunane had not yet emerged as a primary scoring option for the Pack and will certainly be utilized more in the first-round matchup. If Cunane can get it going and graduate guard Kiara Leslie and junior guard Aislinn Konig can shoot at an efficient clip, the Pack should have little trouble containing the Black Bears.

If the Pack comes away with a victory over Maine, the team will next play either the sixth-seeded Kentucky Wildcats or the 11th-seeded Princeton Tigers.

The Pack will take on the Black Bears on Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum. The game tips off at 1:00 p.m. and can be viewed on ESPN2.

NICK FAULKNER/TECHNICIAN Graduate guard Kiara Leslie makes a move around Louisville guard Jazmine Jones during the ACC Tournament. Leslie had 10 points during the 78-68 loss to Louisville on Saturday, March 9 in Greensboro Coliseum.

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IN FRONT of a sold-out crowd inside Reynolds Coliseum Tuesday night, the second-seeded NC State men’s basketball team defeated Hofstra 84-78 in the NIT first round. Junior guard Markell Johnson led the Wolfpack with 26 points, while redshirt senior Torin Dorn added 19 and redshirt junior guard C.J. Bryce had 18. The Wolfpack will face Harvard at Reynolds on Sunday.

EMMA SHEPPARD/TECHNICIAN Sophomore guard Braxton Beverly makes a break for the net during the NIT. Beverly shot 4-10 from the field and contributed nine points to the 84-78 win over Hofstra.

NICK FAULKNER/TECHNICIAN The bench strikes a pose after a tough shot during the 84-78 win over Hofstra in the first round.

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Wolfpack men’s tennis comes up short against second-ranked Deacons

NATALIE WARNER/TECHNICIAN Seniors Igor and Ivan Saveljic shake hands with their opponents after their 7-6 win on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. The Wolfpack lost to Wake Forest 4-2.

Ryan Henkel

Correspondent

The NC State men’s tennis team lost a closely contested match 4-2 against No. 2 Wake Forest Wednesday afternoon at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.

The Wolfpack (11-7, 2-2 ACC) has had a difficult schedule as of late, facing three teams in its last four matches that wereranked in the top three. Wake Forest (193, 5-0 ACC) who was the highest-ranked team the Pack has faced this season, came into Wednesday’s contest on a three-game winning streak and sitting atop the ACC standings.

The Wolfpack started the match off on the right foot by securing the initial doubles point after wins from junior Alexis Galarenau and redshirt senior Michael Ogden 6-3 as well as seniors Igor and Ivan Saveljic 7-6 (3).

In singles, No. 18 Galarenau fell in straight sets ()7-5, 6-1 to Wake Forest’s No. 50 Borna Gojo to tie up the team score. However, freshman Yannai Barkai won the next singles set for the Wolfpack in close sets (6-4, 7-5) to push them back into the lead.

Wake Forest narrowly squeezed back ahead after two evenly matched sets by Igor Saveljic (6-2, 6-7) (4), 7-6 (3) and sophomore Tadas Babelis (6-2, 6-7) (5), 6-4 that each went into an extra set and tiebreakers.

The Deacons closed out the match as Siddhant Banthia defeated senior Georgiy Malyshev in straight sets (6-2, 6-2).

The Wolfpack managed to hang with the high-ranked Deacons as five of the sets went into extra games. The Pack showed its resolve to compete with such a strong team and this bodes well for the future of its season.

The Wolfpack is back in action Friday as it heads north to take on Boston College at 4 p.m.

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