Do you have a superstition before an athletic event?

KASEY MINNICK SPORTS EDITOR

pharmacy major and also a member of the women’s lacrosse and soccer teams.

Many athletes, like Regan, have probably had the symptoms and didn’t realize the danger that they were in or what their body was trying to tell them.

As symptoms start to occur, what is actually happening to the body is dehydration.

The body tries to sweat out the heat, which leads to loss of salt and then damages cells and organs. Blood pressure then drops because of the loss of liquid and heart rate increases. Blood vessels that are near the skin dilate attempting to shed heat, which deprives internal organs of blood and oxygen. Internal organs begin to fail and the collapse of organs then can cause death.

Once the beginning warning signs occur, athletes should take immediate action and seek the attention of their athletic trainer or one of their coaches.

Pre-season is always the worst for fall athletes because they are coming back to school in the middle and end of August, when the heat and humidity are the worst during practices and tryouts. This is when athletes are most prone to heat exhaustion and heat stroke. That is why it is so important to keep in shape and properly hydrated during this time.

Christina Romano, a junior elementary education major and member of the women’s lacrosse and soccer team, said, “I would make sure to drink plenty of water and wear cool clothing that doesn’t attract the sun,” in order to be more careful when taking part in athletics out in extreme heat.

According to the LA Times, the best treatment of heat stroke is rehydration and cooling.

To cool the body down, the victim should be immersed in cold water. Isotonic beverages such as Gatorade should be drank. Gatorade is suggested as the better drink to replenish the body, instead of water.

W. Larry Kenney, a Penn State profes-

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To prevent heat stroke, athletes just need to pay extra attention to their bodies when it’s trying to tell them something.

“Obviously they’re going to get tired during a game or practice,” VanFleet said. “But if they start feeling extreme fatigue, nausea or dizziness; that’s when they need to tell their coach or athletic trainer.”

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Sports fans may think it’s all fun and games for professional athletes, but when these athletes prepare for a game, they go through more than we think.

Athletes in the sports world are so concerned about their performances that they take on superstitions of their own and not all of them are so simple.

According to factmonster.com, Michael Jordan, a former star from the University of North Carolina, always wore his blue North Carolina shorts under his Chicago Bulls uniform for good luck.

Baseball players may be looked at as the strangest of them all. Pitcher Turk Wendell, a former Philadelphia Phillie, brushed his teeth and chewed licorice between each inning and Wade Boggs, who last played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, would only eat chicken the day of a game.

So, it’s time to find out if our Cabrini athletes are strange and if they are hiding some embarrassing superstitions of their own.

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“I listen to Celine Dion, ‘My Heart Will Go On’ before every game and shed a tear or two.”