Avion Issue 1 Spring 2016

| Issue 1 | Volume 145 | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 | theavion.com |

Michael Nisip/The Avion Newspaper Vehicles from the Prototype and GT Le Mans classes compete in last year’s Rolex 24-hour marathon at Daytona International Speedway. This year’s competition starts at 2:40 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30.

Daytona Speedway Gears Up for Rolex 24 Event Essentials, What You Need to Know...

Andy Lichtenstein Editor-in-Chief North America’s premier endurance race will bring international talent to Daytona this weekend, in the Rolex 24-hour marathon!

This event features a challenging layout with an infield road course, much different than the popular NASCAR 500.

Training and qualifying rounds will be held throughout the week, culminating in the headlining event beginning on Saturday, Jan. 30. The race starts at 2:40 p.m. and ends at Gatorade Victory Lane 24 hours later on Sunday, Jan. 31.

Four classes of vehicles will compete simultaneously around the clock. All cars featuring professional drivers will have a red tag affixed to their car, while models with professional and amateur drivers will have green tags. Keep track on standings for each class via the LED panels on the sides of each car.

The Prototype (P) class features a professional driver lineup with the fastest and most sophisticated cars in North America. Specif-

ically engineered for challenging racetracks, these vehicles boast up to 600 horsepower and can reach speeds in excess of 200 mph.

The Prototype Challenge (PC) class is driven by professional and amateur drivers with standardized vehicles. These cars feature an open cockpit, carbon fiber chassis and carbon fiber brakes. Cars in this class also are equipped with sequential manual transmissions, similar to what is commonly found on motorcycles. Gears are select-

cles also advertise capabilities for leading manufacturers around the world. These cars produce approximately 490 horsepower and can reach 185 mph.

The GT Daytona (GTD) class features enhanced production models, without the leading technology found in the GTLM class. These vehicles are driven by both professional and amateur drivers. They produce about 450 horsepower and reach speeds in excess of 180 mph.

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ed in order, and direct access to specific gears is not available.

These cars create up to 430 horsepower, and can reach speeds in the vicinity of 175 mph.

The GT Le Mans (GTLM) class consists of the most technologically advanced production cars on the course. Professional drivers are used to extract maximum performance. These vehi-

information is available online at http:// bit.ly/1KyomGg or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP. Standard 2-day stadium tickets, which includes the entirety of the Rolex 24, are $40. Standard 2-day tickets for both infield and stadium are $60. Sunday only tickets for infield and stadium are $30.

Parking passes may be pur-

chased at an additional charge.

A complete listing of available options is posted online. It may also be possible to park nearby at the Volusia Mall.

Food is available for purchase throughout the stadium and the infield. A variety of entertainment options can be taken advantage of with an infield pass, including the Ferris wheel and carnival rides. Fireworks will also be launched from Lake Lloyd after sunset.

Experienced attendees will recommend dressing in layers, as the temperature drops dramatically after the sun sets. If you have a pair, binoculars will be helpful to focus on the 3.56-mile course. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes and bring sunscreen. The sun tends to radiate off the track and can cause burns even in comfortable temperatures. Most importantly, bring ear plugs.

As always, be aware of your surroundings in such a public setting. Lock your vehicles. Keep your phone on you. Travel in groups. Be safe. Enjoy the Rolex 24-hour marathon!

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Executive Board Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Business Manager Photography Editor Advertising Manager

Andy Lichtenstein Micah Knight Michael Nisip Jack Taylor Billy Nguyen

Page Editors Front Editor Campus Editor Travel Editor Aviation Editor Space Editor I&T Editor Sports Editor Comics Editor Copy Editor

Andy Lictenstein Keenan Thungtrakul Jack Taylor Billy Nguyen Micah Knight Trey Henderson Trey Henderson Jack Taylor Zach Fedewa Michael Nisip Micah Knight

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Campus Safety: From the Desk of Lieutenant Gonzalez Lt. Jaime Gonzalez ERAU Campus Safety When I asked a student why he didn’t call Campus Safety & Security last night, his answer was “I thought you guys were closed”.

So my answer to him was “we are open twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, and three hundred sixty-five days a year”. Trying to inform the students about our availability is one of our primary

concerns. So we in the Campus Safety & Security Department started passing that information on in the University 101 classes along with updated information on current events.

Our Safety & Security Department has come a long way in terms of experience and back ground. Most of our Safety Officers are former police officers from various cities around the country, along with retired officers from the

Department of Corrections and military services. Our combined experience constitutes about 620 years of law enforcement and military background.

Always remember we are here for the campus community so we are here for you, our students. Long after others have gone home for the day, we remain on campus and we do what we have always done throughout our career, we serve and

protect. This time we do it for the EmbryRiddle community.

It has always been the Safety & Security Departments main concern that your college experience be safe, pleasurable and memorable. Our officers are not only protectors, they are mentors.

Whenever you have a question or concern never hesitate to ask an officer your question.

Remember, it’s always in your interest.

Staff Contributors Reporters

Trey Henderson Billy Nguyen

Photographers

Jack Taylor Billy Nguyen Trey Henderson

Staff Advisor Wesley Lewis, Asst. Director, Media & Marketing

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Touch-N-Go WinterFest

Billy Nguyen/The Avion Newspaper On the night of Friday, January 22, Touch-N-Go Productions hosted a Winterfest social event in the Embry-Riddle Student Center that featured donuts, an inflatable basketball shootout, snowglobe photo booth, and a chocolate fountain. The festive, seasonal event was enjoyed by all students who were in attendance that night.

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This Katu woman is one of the village elders. At 104 years old, this woman still journeys into the jungle to collect herbs and fruit.

Cinnamon, tea, coffee, and rice are some of the common products the Katu produce.

They have a unique style of cooking rice where they stuff dry mountain rice into bamboo sticks. The ends of the bamboo are sealed and then cooked in a fire. When ready, the bamboo is cut into smaller sections and eaten right out of the bamboo.

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Jack Taylor Photo Editor Deep in the jungles of mountainous central Vietnam lives a small ethnicity of native people, the Katu.

With a population just over 61,000 they make up a tiny 0.07% of Vietnam’s population. They live in villages with stilted houses surrounding a community house. The Katu do not speak Vietnamese as they speak their own Austroasiatic language of MonKhmer. Some village leaders and traders speak both in order to do business with the Vietnamese. Many of the Katu men were members of the NVA during the Vietnam-American war.

Due to their involvement in the war, many Katu families identify with the communist North Vietnamese

and their leader Ho Chi Minh. The Katu are known for their famous buffalo sacrifice. A water buffalo is tied to a post in the center of the village where it is deprived of sleep and chased in circles for several days. When it is sufficiently exhausted the leaders dress in traditional clothes and masks and use spears to complete the ceremony.

Another tradition of the Katu, which has since been outlawed, is creating circular boar tusk necklaces. This gruesome practice requires removing the upper jaw of a boar and keeping it alive long enough for its lower tusks to grow into half circles that penetrate back into its lower jaw. Once the tucks are long enough the boar is killed and the tusks are removed. These are rare items made exclu-

sively for village leaders.

They are quickly vanishing from their culture.

The highlight of my stay in the village was meeting the local Katu war hero Bay. He is famous in the village for downing five US aircraft during the war. It was a strange experience, as my grandfather flew in the exact area that he was stationed. It made me wonder if they ever exchanged fire.

Bay, despite all the atrocities and loss, has no animosity toward Americans after the war. In fact, that was the attitude of every Vietnamese person we met. Rather than looking backward at the violence that happened, they are continuously looking forward to the future.

Over forty years have passed since the war and it is clear the country, and its people, are in a better place.

Alang Bay: A Katu leader, 50-year communist party member, and North Vietnamese Army war hero, Bay is one of the most respected men in the area.

During his time in the war, he shot down five American helicopters and won multiple awards because of his achievements. He invited us into his home and he shared his war stories. Here he describes how he tracked, aimed, and shot at US planes and helicopters while stationed in remote jungle artillery installments.

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Another Katu village leader, Bo, wears his traditional clothes and the rare full circle boar tusk necklace.

He also served in the NVA as a political advisor. As a village war hero, he carries a war horn with him [not pictured] and is one of the few men that have performed the ritual buffalo sacrifice.

A traditional Katu home with a family having dinner. We were invited inside to share dinner with them. The main course was freshly caught frogs.

We ate them whole. They also serve tea and rice wine, which is essentially moonshine made out of rice. Behind them is their tribute to Ho Chi Minh. No house or place of business is complete without a relatively large monument to their former Vietnamese leader.

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule performs a hover test at the McGregor, Texas test facility.

The capsule performed a 5 second, propulsive hover from a tethered crane. The hover test was the first in preparation for Crew Dragon’s propulsive landing plans when the capsule enters service as a crew shuttle under NASA’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) Program.

Photo Credit: Trey Henderson/SpaceX

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Airshow Center Plant City Planes, Trains & Automobiles Plant City, FL Feb. 2

• Plant City’s annual Planes, Trains, & Automobiles show features not only a wide variety of aircraft on display, but also showcases classic cars, model trains, and much more. The event takes place at the Plant City Airport. _________

TICO Warbird Airshow Titusville, FL March 11-13

• The TICO Warbird Airshow

offers three hours of aerial preformances daily, a wide variety of static military aircraft on display, and a pyrotechnics show. _________

Tampa Bay AirFest MacDill AFB, FL March 19

• Featuring over a dozen ae-

rial performances by military pilots and aircraft, Tampa Bay AirFest runs from March 19th through March 20th. Expected performers include the Thunderbirds, the Geico Skytypers and the United States Special Operations Command Para-Commandos. _________

Melbourne Air & Space Show Melbourne, FL April 1

26 Aviation Opinion: JFK to DAB - Has JetBlue Answered Our Prayers?

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Billy Nguyen Advertising Manager I am a huge fan of JetBlue. I don’t know if it’s because they’re the most convenient and reliable airline I’ve flown on in the last three years, but I really do enjoy flying with them.

As a New Jersey native, when I learned that JetBlue was planning to start direct flights from Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), I was really excited.

The most obvious reason why I’m excited is because a majority of the flights in and out of DAB have layovers in either Atlanta (ATL) or Charlotte (CLT), which is quite inconvenient. It is especially inconvenient when you miss your connection.

Also, flying in and out of DAB generally costs a lot more than flying out

of Orlando International Airport (MCO).

A round trip flight from MCO to Newark (EWR) usually costs under $300.

Flying from DAB to EWR it tends to be greater than $300.

It shocked a lot of people, including my parents, when I told them that a one-way ticket from DAB to JFK with JetBlue only costs on $84.

It is $100 if you opt to upgrade for a checked bag for free like I did. It felt like a dream come true.

The route started Jan. 7, so I booked my return flight from winter break on Jan. 12. Normally when I fly out of EWR, I would take the train from my house to the airport, which would take about an hour. Because JFK is so far away from my house, my commute would have been over two hours.

Thankfully, one of my friends who was on the

Billy Nguyen/The Avion Newspaper JetBlue currently operates 1 flight in and out of Daytona Beach. The average cost of a one-way ticket is $84.

same flight offered to take me to the airport.

The flight departed from JFK at 10:30a.m. and had a duration of almost three hours. After we touched down at DAB, I wanted to interview both of our pilots to gather their feedback about the flight.

Capt. Jeff Lindgren and First Officer Brian Harris were not only in great spirits, but they were

really awesome and friendly to talk to.

According to them, the whole flight went off without a hitch, aside from the fact that we had to be vectored 15 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean for runway 25R due to general aviation traffic.

When asked about the possibility of JetBlue increasing the number of flights to and from DAB,

Capt. Lindgren said that for now they are only sticking with one flight per day each way.

So if you miss your JetBlue flight on this route, you’ll be stuck at your place of origin for a day.

I think this is definitely a win-win for a lot of Riddle students. My hope for the near future is that JetBlue flies the route multiple times a day.

Left: JetBlue’s A320 N537JT lands at Daytona Beach Int. Embry-Riddle’s campus can be seen in the background.

• With over 30 aircraft on

This Week in Aviation History January 26, 1990

The first of two Presidental Boeing VC-25s were delivered.

The VC-25 is a modified Boeing 747-200 used to serve the President of the United States.

January 27, 2002

The Boeing 737 became the first airliner to accumulate over 100 million flight hours since its debut in 1965.

January 28, 1988

A United Airlines Boeing 747-SP attemps to break the “around-the-world” speed record from Seattle, WA.

February 1, 1983

Boeing annouced it would stop producing the 727 exactly 19 years after it first saw service with Eastern Air Lines.

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display, the Melbourne Air & Space Show is one of the biggest airshows in Florida. Expected performers include the Berling Jet Team, Team AeroShell, SubSonex Microjet, and much more.w

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Launch. Land. Repeat.

The New Era of Reusable Launch Vehicles Imagine driving your car to class every day, just to throw it away once you’ve gotten there.

That’s essentially how modern spaceflight works today, except your car is $50,000,000.

This is precisely why reusable vehicles have been a major area of interest since the start of the U.S. space program. As early as the 1950s, government research has been underway to develop an efficient multi-use launch vehicle.

Likely the most well-known vehicle to come from that research was the Space Shuttle, a rocket-propelled spaceplane designed to launch like a rocket and land like a glider.

Theoretically, the Space Shuttle was to take only two weeks between launches for refurbishment and endure only minor launch-to-launch inspection costs. In actuality, the shortest ever turn around of the Space Shuttle was 54 days and the platform touted an average yearly labor cost of one billion dollars between 25,000 workers.

With the conclusion of the Space Shuttle program in 2011, the United States was in a state of limbo as far as its

ability to deliver humans to space. President Obama spoke at Kennedy Space Center in April 2010 to announce a new direction for NASA, and his speech placed a large emphasis on private industry for the future of space flight.

The void left by the Space Shuttle Program as well as President Obama’s emphasis on private corporations

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Imagine driving your car to class every day, just to throw it away once you’ve gotten there. That’s essentially how modern spaceflight works today, except your car is $50,000,000.

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Trey Henderson Staff Reporter

lead to the growth of private spaceflight companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Sierra Nevada, and many others.

The last few months have provided a glimpse into the future of competitive private aerospace with countless industry-shattering accomplishments.

Stealing the media in recent weeks have

been front runners SpaceX and Blue Origin, both with major displays of advancement in reusable launch vehicle capabilities.

Effective and efficient reusability of space launch vehicles is a critical aspect to the survival of a company in the cutthroat capitalistic climate of the private sector.

As bottom lines start becoming the driving factor in the U.S. space program, companies such as ULA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin will have to work harder than ever to ensure that their services remain in the realm of affordability for commercial customers.

This downward trend can already be seen as today’s average United Launch Alliance flight costs half that of the Space Shuttle at only $225 million, and a Falcon 9 flight is just a fraction of a Shuttle launch at $60 million.

The implications of the plummeting costs of space access are clear for the future of science, exploration, and space tourism. As corporations dedicate more effort to efficiency and competition, routine and affordable spaceflight may one day become a reality.

GPS 2F-12 - Atlas V 401

Recent Advancements in Commercial Spaceflight February 2015 - Construction on a crew access tower begins at CCAFS SLC-41 for future manned missions aboard the ULA Atlas V. April 2015 - ULA unveils the Vulcan rocket family, a new generation of partially reusable launch vehicle.

May 2015 - SpaceX successfully tests Crew Dragon’s pad abort capabilities.

September 2015 - Boeing officially announces the Starliner, a commercial, human-rated space vehicle.

November 2015 SpaceX successfully tests Crew Dragon’s hover capabilities.

December 2015 SpaceX successfully launches and lands the first orbital-class launch vehicle delivering a payload to orbit.

January 2015 - SpaceX static fires the recovered Falcon 9 which landed in December. Only minor damage is noted.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 sits vertical at Cape Canaveral Landing Zone 1 after the world’s first launch and landing of an orbital class rocket booster.

Photo Courtesy: Blue Origin Blue Origin launches their New Shepard rocket from their West Texas test facility. The New Shepard was the first rocket to ever cross the Von Karman line and return unharmed.

Feb 3 @ 8:47-9:05 a.m. EST Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-41

SES- 9 - Falcon 9 Feb 9 @ TBD Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-40

OA-6 - Atlas 5 401

Mar 10 @ 3:08-3:38 a.m. EST Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-41

CRS 8 - Falcon 9

Mar 20 @ 12:33 a.m. EDT Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-40

Eutelsat 117 - Falcon 9 March Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-40

JCSAT 14 - Falcon 9 Early 2016 Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-40

May 2015 - SpaceX announces Crew Dragon, a commercial, human-rated space vehicle.

November 2015 - Blue Origin successfully launches the first rocket to ever cross the Von Karman line (the internationally accepted border of space at 100 kilometers) and land propulsively, unharmed.

Photo Courtesy: SpaceX

Launch Control Center

January 2015 - Blue Origin successfully re-launches and lands the recovered New Shepard rocket on its second flight to space.

ISS Sightings Friday, January 29

7:28pm - Duration: 2 minutes.

Max Height: 48 degrees. Appears 11 degrees above SSW, disappears 15 degrees above E.

Saturday, January 30

8:13pm - Duration: 4 minutes.

Max Height: 25 degrees. Appears 11 degrees above S, disappears 15 degrees above E.

Monday, February 1

6:28pm - Duration: 4 minutes.

Max Height: 87 degrees. Appears 31 degrees above SW, disappears 12 degrees above NE.

This Week in Space History January 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger breaks up at 73 seconds after liftoff. All 7 crew on board are lost.

February 1, 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates on reentry during STS-107 in the second devastating loss in the Space Shuttle Program. All 7 crew on board are lost.

January 31, 1971 Apollo 14, the third manned mission to the moon, lifts off at 4:04p.m.

Embry-Riddle Eagles practice for the spring 2016 season in a scrimmage match. #4 Dalton Barnes and #45 Ognjen Miljkovic fight for possession of the ball.

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Upcoming Games: Tuesday No Games

Wednesday

Thursday No Games

Friday Baseball vs Palm Beach Atlantic

Daytona Beach, Fla. at 10 a.m.

Men’s Tennis vs Abraham Baldwin Agricultural

Daytona Beach, Fla. at 3:30 p.m.

Women’s Tennis Scrimmage vs Abraham Baldwin Agricultural

Daytona Beach, Fla. at 3:30 p.m.

Saturday Men’s Tennis vs Campbell

Daytona Beach, Fla. at 10 am.

Women’s Tennis vs Campbell

Daytona Beach, Fla. at 10 a.m.

Baseball vs Palm Beach Atlantic

Daytona Beach, Fla. at 1 & 4 p.m.

Women’s Basketball at Rollins

Winter Park, Fla. at 2 p.m.

Men’s Basketball at Rollins

Winter Park, Fla. at 4 p.m.

Sunday Men’s Track and Field at Privateer Invitational

Birmingham, Ala. Women’s Track and Field at Privateer Invitational

Birmingham, Ala.

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Ryan Mosher ERAU Athletics

Just three days after the Embry-Riddle men’s basketball team earned one of its biggest wins in program history with a 65-60 win over NCAA II No. 5 Eckerd, the Eagles couldn’t produce the same energy, losing 82-60 to Florida Tech on Saturday in the ICI Center. The Eagles (11-6) shot just 33 percent from the floor and trailed by as many 30 in the second half, as the Panthers (11-8) led nearly wire-to-wire, shooting a blistering 55 percent from the field en route to the blowout victory.

The Eagles’ 60 points was the lowest offensive output of the year for the Blue and Gold, and ERAU’s 8-for-32 effort from long range was the second-lowest in 2015-16.

FIT grabbed a 7-5 lead on a Jordan Majors jumper at the 17:41 mark and never looked back, cruising to a 10-point lead at the half (43-33) before outscoring the hosts by 12 in the second period to breeze to the win.

Left: Dillon Graham, Junior, prepares to move in for a shot against Florida Tech.

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Women’s Basketball at Palm Beach Atlantic

Palm Beach, Fla. at 5:30 p.m.

Men’s Basketball at Palm Beach Atlantic

West Palm Beach, Fla. at 7:30 p.m.

26 Sports Men’s Basketball Falls 82-60 to Florida Tech January

ERAU got a spark from Dalton Barnes at the end of the first half as he was th catalyst for a 6-0 run to end the period, trimming a 16-point deficit to 10 at the break, but the momentum wouldn’t carry over to the final half as FIT ran out on a 10-3 run to start the second half to take a commandin,g 53-36 lead with 17 and a half minutes to go.

The Eagles never got their footing offensively

on Saturday, a complete opposite type of output from ERAU’s 94-77 win over the Panthers back on Nov. 21 in Melbourne when ERAU shot 55 percent from the field and 50 percent from three.

Florida Tech scored 36 points in the paint, compared to just 20 for the Eagles while winning the rebounding battle, 37-34.

Barnes paced the Eagles with 16 points, five

rebounds, three assists and two steals while Joseph Gonzalez and Daniel Kiesling joined him in double-figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

ERAU will look to return to the win column on Wednesday, Jan. 27 as the Eagles travel to West Palm Beach for a matchup with fellow Sunshine State Conference provisional member Palm Beach Atlantic.

Tip is set for 7:30 p.m.

Women’s Track and Field Begins Season at ERAU Indoor/Outdoor Challenge Janelle Johnson ERAU Athletics The Women’s track & field team began the 2016 indoor season on Saturday by hosting the ERAU I ndoor-Outdoor Challenge.

As a team, the Eagles recorded six first-place finishes with many other ladies recording personal-bests or placing in the top-five.

Christina Isenard finished in first-place in the weight throw with a personal-best 13.01m effort.

Paige Bussard was second in the event with a throw of 12.12m.

Bussard and Isenard tied for first in the shot, each reaching 10.86m. Bussard also recorded the top throw in the discus at 32.28m.

Caitlyn Joslin made her Embry-Riddle debut with a fifth place finish in the shot put (10.39m) and a second place mark in the discus (30.13). Tarra Keating and

Isenard also placed in the top-five in the discus for the Eagles. Keating was third with a throw of 28.43 while Isenard finished in fourth with a 28.32m attempt.

The Eagles recorded two other first place finishes in the field events. Stephanie Mueller was victorious in the high jump, clearing 1.55m while Samantha Morton won the pole vault with a 2.90m clearance.

Keating took second in the pole vault (2.75m) while Alexis Glenn made her Eagle debut with a fourth place finish in the high jump, clearing 1.50m.

In the long jump, Kortney Gray leaped 4.79m for a third place finish while Daisha Brown recorded a 4.76 jump to finish in fifth place.

Three Eagle distance runners posted personal-bests in the 5,000m run. Alex Orr placed second with her top-time of 18:16.37. Josie Gray was fifth and Eliza Gazda was seventh.

Alex Orr had anoter top-five finish in the meet, coming in third in the 3,000m run in a time of 10:51.26.

Sarah Edens posted two third place finishes in the 1,000m and the mile. She crossed the line in 3:21.13 in the 1,000m and 5:43.55 in the mile. Two other Eagles rounded out the topfive in the 1,000m. Alexandria Meneses (3:22.48) and Janina Helwig (3:25.89) were fourth and fifth.

In the 60m dash, Camaria Cannon, Tamara Chambers and Evanna Ramirez posted personal-bests while Gray had a fourth place finish in the event, posting a 7.99.

Cannon finished in 8.23, Chambers in 8.45 while Ramirez crossed in 8.98.

Kristen Metcalfe picked up a first-place finish for the Eagles in the 600m, crossing the line in 1:41.35. Marina LeVine (1:44.21) and Martina Tafoya (1:44.90) finished in third and fourth in the

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Stephanie Mueller, Sophomore, is putting her hard work to the test while pole vaulting.

event as well. LeVine also picked up a second-place finish in the 800m, timing in at 2:27.03.

The Eagles compete next Sunday as they travel to Birmingham, Ala. to take part in the Privateer Invitational hosted by the University of New Orleans.

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Janelle Johnson ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle men’s track & field team opened the 2015 indoor season by hosting the ERAU Indoor-Outdoor Challenge on Saturday.

The Eagles recorded five first-place finishes and a slurry of personal bests and top-five marks.

Daniel Cashdollar took first-place in the pole vault with a personal-best 4.40m. Matt Contreras was second in the event, clearing 3.65m.

Maurice Cullum won of the weight throw event with a personal-best toss of 14.39m Zack Farner (13.43m), Brodie Lubelski (13.02m) and Michael

Haynes (12.74m) each took third, fourth and fifth in the event, respectively.

The Eagles faired well in the other throwing events as well. Lubelski took second in the shot put with a 12.98m effort.

Farner (12.81m), Luis Rivera (12.77m) and Cullum (12.68m) rounded out the top-five. Rivera threw the discus 40.48m for first place and Haynes and Lubelski took fourth and fifth in the event with throws of 38.38m and 35.39m.

Newcomer Kenneth Shrimpton placed fifth in the 200m dash recording a time of 23.41.

Lonnie Marks took fourth in the 400m run, crossing the line in 51.66.

In the 600m run,

Joe Fuller came in second place with a time of 1:25.29 and Robert Davis finished behind him in third at 1:29.05.

James Fell finished first in the 800m run, finishing in 2:00.13. He also recorded a personal-best in the 5,000m, timing in at 16:15.16.

Matt Graves was the top-finisher in the 5,000m with a time of 15:20.66.

Andrew Carpenter was third in the event crossing the line in 15:40.63 while Noah Kemp finished fourth in 15:55.16.

Carpenter recorded two other top-five finishes in the 1,000m and the mile, recording times of 2:34.11 in the 1,000m and 4:38.02 for a mile.

Ryan Larson was fourth in the mile with a time of 4:39.55.

Calahan Warren and Jamin Mays also had top-five finishes in the 1,000m.

Warren was third, crossing the line in 2:35.97 while Mays was fifth (2:38.14).

The Eagles had a few top-finishes in the field events as well. Steva Wijaysinha was fifth in the high jump at 1.78m. In the long jump, James Bullock was second (6.74m) and Richard Maku was third with a leap of 6.69m.

Embry-Riddle returns to action next Sunday to compete in the Privateer Invitational hosted by the University of New Orleans in Birmingham, Ala.

into 28 points. The Panthers also dominated the Blue and Gold on the offensive glass, tallying 26 second-chance points off 27 offensive rebounds.

“It’s obvious we still have a lot of work to do,” ERAU Head Coach Lisa Nuxol-Wilson commented after the game. “FIT is a physical and strong team and we got out-muscled on a lot of occasions, both on the offensive boards and just in general with the ball in our hands.

We can definitely take this as a learning opportunity and motivation to improve during this transition year”.

Sabrina Whiting was the

only player who scored in double figures for ERAU as she finished the night with a game-high 13 points.

Taylor Cyphers had eight points and four rebounds, while Laniere Coleman recorded five rebounds and five blocks.

Following a layup by Mercedes Jorge that tied the game at 2-2 early in the first period, the Panthers went on a 7-0- run to open up a 9-2 lead with 4:14 left in the quarter.

Whiting’s jumper halted the FIT run and ignited a 6-0 spurt for the Blue and Gold, and at the end of the first 10 minutes, the Flori-

Jack Taylor/The Avion Newspaper ERAU Track runner James Fell passes the baton to Jamin Mays during a relay in the meet on Saturday.

ERAU Women’s Basketball Cold Offensively in Loss to Florida Tech vs Florida Tech: 59 Ryan Mosher ERAU Athletics The Embry-Riddle women’s basketball team suffered its worst loss of the season on Saturday, falling to Florida Tech 59-35 at the ICI Center. The game marked the lowest scoring total of the year for the Eagles who move to 5-12 with the loss.

ERAU: 35 Saturday was the chilliest day of the year in Florida so far in 2016, and the Eagles’ offense was equally as cold as they managed just 10 made baskets on the night on 28.6 percent shooting from the field.

The Panthers’ pressure on defense resulted in a season-high 28 ERAU turnovers, which FIT turned

da Tech lead was trimmed to two points (10-8).

Two and half minutes into the second period, baskets by Whiting and Taylor Cyphers, and a Kalah Martin free throw gave the Eagles their first lead (13-12), but the advantage was short-lived as the Panthers, who bested the Eagles 12-3 on the offensive glass and scored 11 second chance points in the quarter, surged ahead again and led 27-17 at the half.

The third quarter proved to be Embry-Riddle’s undoing. The Eagles were just 1-of-7 from the field, while the Panthers scored 10 points off turnovers

and eight more second chance points, widening the gap to 47-22.

The Eagles won the fourth quarter 13-12, but it was too little too late as the Panthers improved to 12-5 on the year.

Tiesha Flagler paced the Panther offense with 12 points, while Julie McCarthy and Shequena Harris added 10 points apiece.

The Eagles will look to right the ship on Wednesday when they travel to West Palm Beach to take on fellow Sunshine State Conference provisional member Palm Beach Atlantic at 5:30 p.m.

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