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Vikings football focuses on camaraderie, accountability for upcoming season

The Augustana football team plans to ‘be the rock’ for the 2019-2020 season, aiming for a long playoff run. Through strengthened brotherhood and accountability, the team’s goal is to continue to grow and flourish, taking victories where it can, said head coach Jerry Olszewski. The Vikings ended the 2018-2019

Augustana alumna now administrator for Toronto Raptors

Teresa Resch has had quite a career. Since graduating from Augustana in 2004, the former volleyball student-athlete has climbed her way upwards in the world of sports management, now serving as the vice president of basketball operations and player development for the 2019 World Champion Toronto Raptors. Last Sunday, Resch

Kassube finishes triathlon with two broken arms

When participating in a triathlon that includes a strenuous 500-meter swim, a 13-mile bike ride and a grueling 3-mile run, endurance is key. A triathlon requires a person to be in peak physical shape and finishing proves one’s grit, determination and sheer physicality. Now, imagine having to finish one

Viking Gold: Softball wins Division II National Championship

Over a week after Augustana students finished their last day of classes for the spring semester, one group of Vikings was still hard at work. On Memorial Day of 2019, the Augustana softball team won the last two games of their best-of-three series against Texas A&M Kingsville, crowning

Track facility will not be ready for dedication

The dedication will be held for the highly anticipated Larson Track & Field Complex on Friday, Sept. 20, but the facility will not be completed, according to an email from assistant director of athletic communications Ryan Hilgemann. “It’s disappointing that our student-athletes are delayed from using the facility. The

Athletes eat to compete

Last Monday, in conjunction with Augie Green and the Augustana Student Association (ASA), the Ordal Dining Hall did a trial run of Meatless Monday. Meatless Monday is an initiative to encourage individuals to reduce their meat intake once a week to help reduce the Earth’s carbon levels. The football

Tough Enough: Phelps works to prove herself as a bull rider

Once Jenae Phelps has a dream in her head, she doesn’t quit. At 19, she decided that she wanted to be a bull rider. She didn’t quit even though most cowgirls that she had seen at Yankton Riverboat Days, the Sioux Empire Fair and the Korkow Rodeo were