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Boxing charity event successful RJ Vogt Staff Writer A billboard just off of Alcoa Highway advertised for a “Gun Show” on March 10 and 11 at the Knoxville Expo Center during the day. At night, the Expo Center displayed a different kind of gun show: Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s (SAE) Boxing Tournament. The tournament, a fundraiser for SAE’s philanthropy work with Golden Gloves, has gained national recognition from Sports Illustrated and My College Road Trip as one of the “102 Things You Gotta Do Before You Graduate” and “The Biggest Party Weekend in the South,” respectively. The 32nd annual installment of the tournament lived up to the hype, attracting over 3,000 fans. Blake Jeter, sophomore in finance and director of boxing operations for SAE, said the event’s profits have not been completely totaled yet, but he ventured an estimate “It looks like it’s going to be over $100,000,” Jeter said. This philanthropic haul is not the only benefit of the boxing tournament; the boxers themselves enjoy the experience. “Getting up in front of all those people and showing them what I’ve been training for (over) the past two months was definitely worth it,” Brian Shin, freshman in chemical engineering and welterweight contender for Pi Kappa Phi, said. “I wanted to box because I had never done any kind of physical contact sport before and just wanted to give it a shot.” According to saeboxing.com, boxers like Shin trained for up to six months, often dropping 30 or more pounds in order to fight smaller opponents. For the fans, much of the thrill lies in
knowing the men in gloves outside of the ring. “I enjoyed watching the competition between the fighters and seeing their hard work pay off,” said Olivia Bagatelas, sophomore in nursing. “It’s even more exciting when you (know) a few boxers and can help cheer them on.” This year’s tournament featured 10 weight classes and almost 60 boxers contending for the title. Winners were as follows: Featherweight — Bener Oguz, SAE; Lightweight — Drew Schefano, Kappa Sig; Jr. Welterweight — Eli Watson, SAE; Welterweight — Trent Elsten, DTD and Daniel Kail, Lambda Chi; Jr. Middleweight — Justin West, Phi Sig, and Trey Greenwell, SAE; Middleweight — Buck Sheesley, Phi Sig; Jr. Light Heavyweight — David Alecio, Lambda Chi; Light Heavyweight — Brad Butkowski, Lambda Chi; Heavyweight — Danny Pritchett, Pi Kappa Alpha; Sr. Heavyweight — Steven Hill, AGR. SAE and Phi Sig tied in points (8 each) for the Tournament (SAE — 4 boxers and 3 champions; Phi Sig — 8 boxers and 2 champions). Phi Sig won the coin toss to hold the trophy until next year. “I would encourage people from across the state to come and watch it,” Jeter said. “It’s a great event and a great philanthropy, and it’s going to be a memory of a great man.” The man of whom he speaks, Ace Miller, was the owner of Golden Gloves of Knoxville and organizer of the tournament for the past 32 years. Unfortunately, Miller died Thursday afternoon of a heart attack. He was 73. “He was a very outgoing guy,” Jeter said. “He loved the boxers and loved the tournament. Most importantly, he loved getting kids off the street and into the gym, and being a father figure for them.”
Lady Vols land No. 2 seed in NCAA Beacon Staff Reports Tennessee knew it was in the NCAA women’s Tournament. The only question Monday night was which road the Lady Volunteers would have to travel to win a ninth national championship. Despite a subpar regular season by UT standards, the Lady Vols (24-8) were awarded the No. 2 seed in the Des Moines, Iowa region, and drew coach Pat Summitt’s alma mater UT-Martin in the first round. Tip-off is Saturday at 4:10 p.m. EST in Chicago and will be on ESPN2. A potential second-round game would be against the winner of No. 7 seed Depaul and 10th-seeded BYU.
Undefeated Baylor is the top seed in the Lady Vols’ region. The Lady Bears beat UT 76-67 in Knoxville on Nov. 27. The Lady Vols are coming off an SEC Tournament title, the school’s 16th alltime, after finishing second in the conference’s regular season standings behind Kentucky, who was also a No. 2 seed. Georgia (4), LSU (5), South Carolina (5), Arkansas (6), Vanderbilt (7) and Florida (9) will also represent the SEC in the 64team field. Last year, Tennessee made its first Elite Eight appearance since its national title run in 2008. The Lady Vols lost to eventual national runner-up Notre Dame, 73-59. UT remains the only school to play in all 30 NCAA Tournaments.
Rebecca Vaughan • The Daily Beacon
Meighan Simmons shoots over a Florida defender during a game on Feb. 26. The Lady Vols received the No.2 seed in the Des Moins region and will face UT-Martin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. EST.
George Richardson • The Daily Beacon
A fighter gets knocked out of the ring during the SAE Fraternity Boxing Tournament on Saturday, March 5, 2011. This year’s annual event, held at the Knoxville Expo Center, drew in over 3,000 fans and helped to raise over $100,000 for a good cause.
TRECS offers outdoor Spring Break options These trips provide students with the means and equipment necessary for escaping the metropolis of Knoxville while enjoyDesign Editor ing incredible outdoor experiences. The trip While some students are busy preparing guides are highly qualified, trained and for trips home or overcrowded beaches, the enjoy sharing their love for the outdoors TRECS Outdoor Recreation Program makes with other students. “The most rewarding aspect of these its final preparations for three spring break trips is the positive response from particitrip options. The three options for the TRECS spring pants and hearing them talk about experibreak are mountaineering in New encing things they never thought they Hampshire, sea kayaking in coastal Georgia would,” Worth said. Students may sign and rock-climbing in North up for any of the Carolina along the Blue three Outdoor Ridge Mountains. The Recreation’s spring mountaineering trip is break adventures on $400, the sea kayaking trip the first floor of the is $300 and the rock-climbTRECS in the ing trip is $200. Outdoor Recreation “These trips are a great lobby. For other posbang for your buck, and sible TRECS you’ll get some experiOutdoor Recreation ences of a lifetime,” Travis sponsored trips, Hampton, senior in exercheck the outdoor cise science and a leader of program guide availthe Outdoor Recreation able, also on the first Program, said. floor of the TRECS. Students may sign up The Outdoor until the trips fill. Recreation Program Mountaineering only has also provides equipone spot left, sea kayaking Wade Rackley • The Daily Beacon ment rentals for stuhas three spots left and rock-climbing still has A number of bikes hang on the dents. Students may eight available spots for walls and ceiling of the Outdoor rent a bike for a Recreation Program’s storage semester for only students. The mountaineering area in the TRECS on Monday, $40. The Outdoor trip is going to the Oct. 25, 2010. The program is Recreation Program Presidential Mountains in hosting three Spring Break trips also has backpackNew Hampshire, which is that including mountaineering, ing, rock-climbing part of the White sea kayaking and rock-climbing. and kayaking equipMountain chain that The trips are still open to stu- ment, as well as lesincludes Mount dents, but space is limited, so sons for beginners contact immediately if interested. learning how to Washington. kayak and rockRyan Worth, senior in climb. The programs and lessons offered are environmental science, is guiding the mounall taught by well-qualified students. taineering trip with two other leaders. Additional information for any trips or “To take people that don’t experience the outdoors routinely, it’s like watching a baby equipment rentals are available online at walk for the first time sometimes,” Worth http://recsports.utk.edu/Programs/Outdoor or by phone at (865) 974-9749. said.
Emily DeLanzo