Hello all...Just wanted to fill everyone in on some changes/additions to VMIKeydets.com.
We've heard your concerns regarding several of the ads on our web site, particularly the pesky Virginia Beach that has inundated the Internet recently, and now we've taken action...JumpTV (the company that hosts VMIKeydets.com) has told us that, although they cannot completely eliminate the ad, they can take it off certain pages and greatly reduce how often it shows up everywhere else. That should be done by now, although it could take some time to filter down to you, the user.
Secondly, our summer blog will debut Sunday morning..."Logging Miles", a blog discussing the summer training for cross country, will be a bi-weekly feature to begin, but is expected to move to a weekly column in late July. It's a work in progress, but we hope you enjoy having some original summer content on the web site!
Speaking of track and cross country, we've added some new features to the track and cross country pages. If you check out the left-hand menu bar, we've put in some interesting links that we'll show here as well - If you're watching a blog or twitter feed from a meet, and the marks are given only in metric (or only in English), you can use this link to easily convert them.
If you're new to track and field, and wanting to learn about the logistics or history of a race, a good, basic place to start is at Wikipedia's Track and Field article, linked here (is listed as "Track and Field Primer" on Keydets.com). Finally, if you're following the exploits of the cross country teams next fall, and want to know how the meets are scored, we've given you a full tutorial here. Again, these are all accessible from the sport menu bars at VMIKeydets.com, giving a central access point for all these useful items.
There are a couple of other things we're working on and throwing around, but they're still in the planning stages, for the most part. We'll post more about them as they get more solidified.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
This Week in VMI Athletics - June 1
Hello, and welcome to what will be the final weekly blog post of 2009-10. We'll continue to use the blog as needed for updates, so check back when you can...We'll also try to post on Twitter when there's info here, so that you know to come check. The weekly posts should resume in late August...
We are planning some things for the summer, including a new bi-weekly blog on preparation for the 2010 Cross Country season, written by Jenna Moye and Ermin Mujezinovic. That should debut somewhere around June 10, give or take a couple of days, and we're still discussing names for it. Feel free to email me (saloisbj@vmi.edu) your suggestions.
Felix Kitur highlighted this week, as a runner-up finish in his second race at the NCAA Preliminary Meet sent him on to Eugene, Oregon, where he and Coach Paul Spangler will head next week. Kitur's first race is on June 9, with the final hopefully to follow on June 11...If you'd like, you can check out videos of Kitur's races at the VMI Track and Field Youtube Channel, located here. An in-depth preview of the men's 800 in Eugene should run early next week, and will be accompanied by an interview with Kitur and Spangler.
Baseball also wrapped up, with Cory Spangenburg being named Freshman of the Year and Jordan Ballard earning First Team All-Conference honors. The Keydets picked up a win over UNC Asheville on the tourney's first day, before ending their season with losses to Coastal Carolina and Winthrop. Certainly not the way they wanted to end the year, but VMI should be a real threat next year, as only Jordan Ballard and Tanner Biagini are done with their time at the I.
Lacrosse also had news this week, with Tim Moran being announced as an honorable mention All-American. That is the first-ever All-American honor for VMI lacrosse. Also, the final 2010 stat rankings came out today, and after the NCAA tourney (won by Duke in thrilling OT fashion), the Keydets' Stephen Robarge finished fourth in D1 in face-off percentage and second in ground balls per game.
We are planning some things for the summer, including a new bi-weekly blog on preparation for the 2010 Cross Country season, written by Jenna Moye and Ermin Mujezinovic. That should debut somewhere around June 10, give or take a couple of days, and we're still discussing names for it. Feel free to email me (saloisbj@vmi.edu) your suggestions.
Felix Kitur highlighted this week, as a runner-up finish in his second race at the NCAA Preliminary Meet sent him on to Eugene, Oregon, where he and Coach Paul Spangler will head next week. Kitur's first race is on June 9, with the final hopefully to follow on June 11...If you'd like, you can check out videos of Kitur's races at the VMI Track and Field Youtube Channel, located here. An in-depth preview of the men's 800 in Eugene should run early next week, and will be accompanied by an interview with Kitur and Spangler.
Baseball also wrapped up, with Cory Spangenburg being named Freshman of the Year and Jordan Ballard earning First Team All-Conference honors. The Keydets picked up a win over UNC Asheville on the tourney's first day, before ending their season with losses to Coastal Carolina and Winthrop. Certainly not the way they wanted to end the year, but VMI should be a real threat next year, as only Jordan Ballard and Tanner Biagini are done with their time at the I.
Lacrosse also had news this week, with Tim Moran being announced as an honorable mention All-American. That is the first-ever All-American honor for VMI lacrosse. Also, the final 2010 stat rankings came out today, and after the NCAA tourney (won by Duke in thrilling OT fashion), the Keydets' Stephen Robarge finished fourth in D1 in face-off percentage and second in ground balls per game.
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