So in the first 24 races, 43 drivers compete to get many points. At the end of the 24 races the first 12 drivers in the point standings go on collecting points for 12 more races, at the end of the those 12 races the driver with the most points and first in the point standings wins the championship. Well, now you know about my favourite sport, and I hope you like it too. Who
Turner Maxwell While their horses trotted, local riders tied down their preseason nerves at The Fourth Annual Ice Breaker Schooling Show hosted by The Oregon Horse Center last weekend. “If they have any jitterbugs going into competition, they can get them out here,” said facility manager Heather Engstrom. The Ice Breaker was a developmental show, meaning it was a practice competition. The show gave nearly 30 riders a stress free competition before they headed into their 2012 horse show season. For seven year-old Olivia Santee, it was her first time competing on a full size horse.
She competed in Heptathlon, cross country, hurdles, and field events where she excelled. She started weight lifting at 14 to be more competitive in the hurdles and 400s, so she could compete against her male track mates since her female track mates weren’t competitive enough. Lifting was also a way to rebel against the other girls. She knew that they would look differently at her if her body looked differently. She started training in a small weight room at high school and began to seriously follow a strict training regime at 15.
For much of history soccer has been a man’s game. Women’s soccer had a rough start in the United States. As the 21st century comes to an end, the US is arguably the top country in the world for women’s soccer, however it got off to a late start. European countries had leagues and competitions as early as the 1930’s; in the United States organized women’s soccer did not take root until the late 1970’s (Litterer). After women’s soccer did take off, it took of with a vengeance.
Kieran Garcia English Composition 1-Section B12 January 30 Cooper River Bridge Run Every April for the past seven years of my life I have taken part in one of the largest road races in the country, the Cooper River Bridge Run. Born in Charleston South Carolina this race is the home to roughly fifty thousand runners each year. This journey across the bridge is approximately six point three miles in length. Myself along with ten of my closest friends drop everything to make our way down to the humid, smoldering city of Charleston in an attempt conquer the challenges of the bridge that we have become so familiar with. I’ll never forget my first trip.
National rodeo competitions allow a competitions allow a sport for girls only called barrel racing. High school rodeo however has pole bending and goat tying for girls only. Many cowboys and cowgirls participate in roping for example breakaway roping, tie down roping, and team roping. By far Bull riding and Bronc riding are the most known and maybe the most dangerous rodeo sport ever. Bull riding requires balance, coordination, quick reflexes, flexibility, and, perhaps above all else, a positive mental attitude.
The ancient Greeks and Romans could also be found participating in various boating activities, but these activities were functional rather than sport-related. In late nineteenth century America, college and professional rowing regattas were the most popular spectator sporting events. Competitive rowing, or crew, is the oldest collegiate sport in the world, dating to the 19th century and maintains an historic position in the college world of sports.” (The Sport Journal). Yale University founded the first collegiate crew in the United States in 1843. The following year Harvard founded its boat club.
On Your Mark When assigned to write an essay on the Olympic Games from a functionalist and conflict point of view I immediately thought, “Well what exactly are the Olympic Games?” The Olympic Games are defined as the following: “An international sports contest: a large-scale international sports contest intended to promote international goodwill. It has been held every four years since 1896, except for 1940 and 1944, in different cities around the world.”(Bing: Dictionary) To me; however, I do not think this technically. I simply think of a tremendous gathering of individuals hording together to watch a few of the world’s greatest athletes. Unfortunately, when I imagine “the world’s greatest athletes” women do not appear. I am almost quite certain that the “average Joe” does not exactly visualize an image of a perspiring woman, in mid-stride, thirsting to cross the finish line before her female adversaries.
A brief biographical statement about Oprah; At 18, she won the Miss Black Tennessee pageant and a year later became the first black woman to anchor the evening news in Nashville. Winfrey further honed her broadcast skills in Baltimore before moving to Chicago to host a daily talk show in 1984. She was so popular that the series (A.M. Chicago) was renamed in her honor and became a national hit in syndication in 1986. Oprah quickly became a household name, a wildly successful yet still accessible woman who struggled with her weight and talked about surviving sexual molestation. But hosting a talk show wasn't all Winfrey had in mind.
I did well in track and field in high school so i tried out for the Cross Country team for GMC. During a five mile group run, i heard about a respected group that took tryouts on a different level that no female ever made it. I had to see this for myself so I signed up. After three weeks of thinking i was going to die, I became the first female to make the Ranger Team. A week later, I was part of the Cross Country