G-Lax Scavenger Hunt

The G-Lax Ladies spent last Saturday expecting to go on an epic long run with their coaches.  Little did they know that there coaches had something else in mind!

Instead of a long run, the ladies were surprised with a Scavenger Hunt.  They were split into three teams, given a list of clues, and had to take pictures of team members in front of historic Baltimore landmarks. 

Clues included:  The Baltimore Zoo.  The Washington Monument.  Babe Ruth's birth place.  The Inner Harbor and the National Acquarium.  America's first cathedral.  Edgar Allan Poe's grave. 

Here, Team 2 is shown posing on Loyola's game field.  (Teams had to visit all 5 local colleges which have women's lacrosse to get a total of 10 points.) 

G-Lax Across the Globe

As the first college in the country to require all students to study abroad, Goucher lacrosse players get to study across the globe....

Sheila chose a three-week intensive course to Japan.  She took this picture of Kinkaku-Ju, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, which happenes to be covered in pure gold leaf!

Melissa, or "Zimm" to her teammates, lived in Florence, Italy for her semester.  "I traveled up and down the Italian coast, swam in grottos and went cliff driving. I was able to visit the Vatican as well as learn the fine art of Italian cooking in a eight week cooking course. Certainly the most amazing experience I have had yet!!

Sara spent her winter break in Ghana, studying the history of West Africa and Drum & Dance.  Here she is weaving Kente cloth in the village of Kpetoe. 

GLax Starts 2011 Spring Season with Fitness Testing

G-Laxers returned to campus last week and officially started their 2011 campagin on Sunday with their favorite fitness test:  the Gauntlet.  Because snow covered the campus and the track, the team ran the Gauntlet indoors on treadmills and stationary bikes.

The G-Lax Gauntlet includes:
1 mile
.5 mile
400 meters
200 meters
100 meters
*a 2:00 minute break in between each distance

Overall, the team improved their times significantly.  On their mile times alone, GLax ran 2 minutes 46 seconds faster!!

The most improved runner goes to Hannah "Kiki" Khin, who dropped 58 seconds off  her previous mile time!  (Maybe that's why she looks so excited in the picture above?!) 

Rookie Erin "Texas" Reifsnyder reps her home state as she zips a 6:42 mile.