news from the Owls website http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ 2010-03-11T22:12:05-06:00 text/html 2010-03-08T13:38:35-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/163.php Several Warren Wilson College students will participate in the 2010 American Canoe Assocation Southeast Canoe and Kayak Collegiate Championships March 27-28.&nbsp; The event will take place on the Tuckaseegee River in Dillsboro, NC.&nbsp; <br /><br />This is the premier event for colleges and universities from across the Southeast (and the country) to compete in canoe and kayak downriver racing.&nbsp; There will be individual as well as team races in kayak and both solo and tandem canoes.<br /><br />For a full schedule of events, pleas click on the full story.<br /> text/html 2010-02-22T09:09:24-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/162.php The Warren Wilson College swimming team competed in the Appalachian Conference Championships on February 19-20 at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, where the women finished in 11th place (out of 14 teams) with 54 points and the men finished in 8th place (out of 11 teams) with 114 points.<br /><br />Amelia Hubbard (200-yard Freestyle) and Johnathon Bland (200-yard Breaststroke) each swam qualifying times for the 2010 NAIA National Swimming Championships.&nbsp; Amelia re-broke two varsity records: 200-yard Freestyle, 2:05.24 for 12th place, and the 500-yard Freestyle, 5:39.65 for 15th place. The men's 400-yard Freestyle Relay was just .70 (seven-tenths) off of the NAIA qualifying time.<br /> text/html 2010-02-20T16:45:57-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/161.php The Warren Wilson College men's basketball team improved to 10-13 on the season after a 85-55 victory over Appalachian Bible College.&nbsp; <br /><br />Sanders Dorough led five players in double figures for the Owls with 17 points.&nbsp; Patrick Albright (14), Stefan Janjic (12), Royal Prendergast (11), and Swarup Thapa (10) also tallied at least 10 points.<br /> text/html 2010-02-19T19:50:53-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/160.php The Warren Wilson College men's basketball team improved to 9-13 on the season after a 89-67 victory over Trinity College.<br /><br />The Owls raced out to a 43-28 lead and led by as many as 28 points with 6:00 minutes remaining.&nbsp; Warren Wilson shot 12-31 from the three point line and outrebounded Trinity 52-37.<br /><br />Dan Jackson paced the Owls with 19 points and Patrick Albright recorded a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.&nbsp; Royal Prendergast and Josh Kaiko also reached double figures with 17 and 13, respectively.<br /> text/html 2010-02-18T13:37:52-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/159.php The Warren Wilson College swimming team wraps up their 2009-10 season this weekend at the Appalachian Conference Championships.&nbsp; Results for their final competition can be found at:&nbsp; <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1727"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fastlaneswimming.net/appalachianconference">http://www.fastlaneswimming.net/appalachianconference</a>.&nbsp; </span><span unselectable="on" style="position: absolute; clip: rect(0px, 23px, 25px, 0px);"><img name="btnUnderlineoEdit1" id="btnUnderlineoEdit1" unselectable="on" src="wysiwyg/scripts/moz/icons/btnUnderline.gif" style="position: absolute; top: -125px; width: 23px;" onmouseover="doOver(this)" onmouseout="doOut(this)" onmousedown="doDown(this)" onmouseup="if(doUpToggle(this)){oEdit1.doCmd('Underline')}" alt="Underline" title="Underline"></span><br /><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1727"><br />Teams competing against the Owls in the Championships will be Berea College, Asbury College, Brenau University, Berry College, King College, LaGrange College, Mars Hill College, Milligan College, Notre Dame College, Union College, Urbana University, Ursuline College, and Wheeling Jesuit University.<br /></span> text/html 2010-02-12T10:29:18-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/158.php The Warren Wilson College men's basketball team improved to 8-13 on the season after a 86-75 victory at Free Will Baptist Bible College.<br /><br />The Owls lead most of the way but the Flames cut the lead to 4 with 10:56 remaining.&nbsp; Three straight three pointers from Viktor Jankov (12 points) separated the Owls once again.&nbsp; Warren Wilson iced the game down the stretch as they went 18-18 from the foul line and 30-34 for the game.&nbsp; <br /><br />Freshmen Dan Jackson and Patrick Albright led the the Owls with 21 points apiece.&nbsp; <br /> text/html 2010-02-11T09:16:53-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/156.php The Warren Wilson College athletic department hosted the Hope for Haiti fundraiser supporting Haiti relief and raised $3340 for the American Red Cross.&nbsp; <br /><br />The women's basketball team played host to the WWC alumni with the women narrowly defeating the alums 52-47. <br /><br />Numerous events took place throughout the evening including the National Anthem sung by professor Lou Weber.&nbsp; The National Anthem contest alone raised roughly $1,600.00.&nbsp; For a full list of events and photos, please click on the full story.<br /> text/html 2010-02-09T09:53:04-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/154.php The Warren Wilson men's basketball team improved to 7-13 on the season after a 74-60 victory over Crown College.&nbsp; <br /><br />The Owls jumped out to an early 44-22 halftime lead and never looked back as they led by as many as 24 points with 4:00 minutes remaining.&nbsp; <br /><br />Junior Royal Prendergast lead the way for Warren Wilson with 24 points on 10-14 shooting.&nbsp; Patrick Albright (18), Josh Kaiko (12), and Viktor Jankov (10) each tallied double figures for the Owls.&nbsp; <br /> text/html 2010-02-08T10:04:56-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/153.php The Warren Wilson College men's basketball team improved to 6-13 on the season after a 84-67 victory over Free Will Baptist Bible College.<br /><br />The Owls jumped out to an early 44-25 halftime lead and never looked back.&nbsp; Warren Wilson out rebounded Free Will 44-31.<br /><br />Freshman forward Patrick Albright lead all scorers with 20 points while fellow freshman Josh Kaiko chipped in with 18.&nbsp; Aleks Spasovski and Royal Prendergast each recorded double figures with 15 and 13 points, respectively.&nbsp; <br /> text/html 2010-02-06T10:14:44-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/155.php The Warren Wilson College swim team competed versus Mars Hill College on Saturday, February 5, in their last home meet of the year.&nbsp; Both teams enjoyed some fast times on the day but lost the dual meet to Mars Hill (142-23 men, 140-42 women).<br /><br />The women were led once again by sophomore Amelia Hubbard who claimed a first place finish in the 500 yard freestyle (5:40.36) and a second place finish in the 200 yard freestyle (2:08.82).&nbsp; Hubbard also re-set her 500-yard freestyle varsity record, with a personal best of 5:40.36, breaking her old record by 4 seconds.&nbsp; Amelia now holds 6 of 14 individual women's varsity records.<br /><br />The men were led by third place finishes from Johnathon Bland and Brendan Burns in the the 50 yard freestyle (23.76) and 200 yard backstroke (2:29.37), respectively.&nbsp; <br /> text/html 2010-01-27T14:14:10-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/149.php The Warren Wilson College women's basketball team fell to 2-6 on the season after a 50-38 loss to Piedmont Baptist College.&nbsp; <br /><br />Laura Dison lead the way for the Fighting Owls with 12 points and 7 rebounds.<br /><br />WWC plays next at home on Friday, January 29 versus Judson College.&nbsp; Game time is scheduled for 7:00 pm.<br /> text/html 2010-01-25T14:02:16-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/150.php The Warren Wilson men's basketball team fell to 5-12 on the season after a 76-55 loss to Montreat College.&nbsp; <br /><br />The Owls jumped out to a 31-30 halftime lead but the Cavaliers size and depth wore out WWC down the stretch.&nbsp; <br /><br />Royal Prendergast and Dan Jackson lead the Owls in scoring with 16 and 11 points, respectively. text/html 2010-01-23T09:43:39-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/152.php The Warren Wilson swimming team competed at home in the Warren Wilson Quadrangular with both teams claiming second place finishes.&nbsp; The men lost to Milligan (71-19) and beat Berry (46-26) while the women lost to Milligan (63-31), tied Berry (45-45), and beat Emory and Henry (61-32).&nbsp; <br /><br />The men were led by Johnathon Bland's second place finishes in the 50 yard freestyle (23.79) and 100 yard breaststroke (1:06.53).&nbsp; Tony Scalia also claimed a second place finish in the 500 yard freestyle (6:00.08).&nbsp; <br /><br />The women were led by second place finishes from Molly Friedland in the 100 yard freestyle (1:02.98) and Amelia Hubbard in the 100 yard butterfly (1:06.58).&nbsp; The 400 yard freestyle relay team also captured a second place finish with a time of 4:25.78. text/html 2010-01-19T20:10:55-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/148.php The Warren Wilson men's basketball team won their second straight game after a 82-58 victory over Piedmont Baptist College.<br /><br />The Owls shot 48% from the field and 55% from the three point line while holding the Crusaders to 29% shooting for the game. <br /><br />Royal Prendergast lead Warren Wilson with 19 points while Dan Jackson (15), Patrick Albright (14), and Aleks Spasovski (12) each scored double figures.<br /> text/html 2010-01-16T19:26:31-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/147.php After a tough stretch playing 7 of 10 games versus scholarship schools, the Warren Wilson men's basketball team claimed a 74-62 road victory over Crown College.<br /><br />The Owls lead 39-31 at the half and extended the lead to 17 points midway through the second half.&nbsp; WWC shot well for the day making 24-49 from the field (49%) and 11-23 (48%) from the three point line.&nbsp; <br /><br />Freshman Dan Jackson lead all scorers with 20 points on 4-5 shooting from the three point line.&nbsp; Royal Prendergast (15 points), Aleks Spasovski (12 points), and Patrick Albright (11 points) all reached double figures while Albright also tallied a game high 10 rebounds.<br />