Congratulations to last week’s IM Athlete of the Week, Casey Blue “Kiki Vandeweghe” James (2012). Like Vandeweghe before her, James has come to the rescue of a struggling, winless team. After taking up the reins of the wild stallion that is Saybrook IM Coed Innertube Waterpolo, Casey Blue has guided her team from the depths of winlessness to the slightly-shallower waters of near-winlessness. Indeed, the victory-by-forfeit over winless TD can be chalked up to James’ incredible skills in participation. Also like Vandeweghe, Casey has a hippie name. Is “Blue” a middle name, a first name or simply a twisted joke by her parents? Unfortunately, like Vandeweghe’s Nets, the answer to this conundrum is lost to time. more »
Archive for Saybrook IM Updates
IM Athlete of the Week: Casey Blue James ’12
by admin / February 17th 2010 / No Comment
IM Update 1/24
by admin / January 24th 2010 / No Comment
Here’s this week’s IM schedule:
Monday:
Men’s Volleyball vs. Silliman 8
Women’s Squash vs. Silliman 8:15
Men’s Squash vs. Silliman 8:15
Tuesday:
Choops vs. Davenport 7
Women’s Volleyball vs. Davenport 7
Co-ed Inner Tube Water Polo vs. Silliman 8:30
Co-ed Hockey vs. Berkeley 9:45
Wednesday:
Women’s Squash vs. Davenport 7:30
Men’s Squash vs. Davenport 7:30
Men’s A hoops vs. Silliman 8
Men’s B hoops vs. Silliman 8
Women’s hoops vs. Silliman 8
Co-ed Water Polo vs. Davenport 8:30
Thursday:
Women’s Squash vs. Morse 7:30
Men’s Squash vs. Morse 7:30
Choops vs. Silliman 8
Women’s Volleyball vs. Silliman 8
Friday:
Co-ed Bowling vs. Morse, Davenport, Silliman – bus leaves at 3:15
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And here’s the current IM standings:
1. Jonathan Edwards 690.5
2. Timothy Dwight 575.25
3. Saybrook 527.5
4. Silliman 469
5. Branford 448.5
6-12. Chumps, all of ‘em.
IM Update: 11/7
by admin / November 7th 2009 / No Comment
From the Yale Herald:
“Many teams have found it was tougher than they anticipated to defend a championship, even with high expectations. The 1997 Packers were 11 point favorites to repeat as Super Bowl champs, but couldnt pull it off. USC was four minutes away from repeating as BCS champs with a 12 point lead and couldn’t hold on. Even Miley couldn’t hold off Selena Gomez at this years Kids Choice awards for best female actress. And despite not having Brett Favre, Matt Leinart or Reggie Bush, Saybrook managed to defend two fall titles with undefeated seasons in record fashion. In football, the team won its fourth championship in five years, with the senior class enjoying three 11-0 perfect seasons. In soccer, Saybrook went the entire season without allowing a goal, with standout goalie Matt Kremer rarely called upon to make a save, en route to a second straight undefeated campaign. With the Cantabs on the horizon for two games at the end of the year once again, and Master Hudak and Saybrook coed football getting a big win last week, Saybrook IMs are on a roll and hoping to carry their momentum into the winter season.”
(Compiled by Vince Young, Reggie Bush, and Alex Russo)
IM Athlete of the Week: Zach Marks ’10
by admin / October 21st 2009 / No Comment
Congratulations to this week’s IM athlete of the week, Zachary “Zach Marx” Marks (2010). Zach, a model renaissance athlete, brings his skills each week to the football field, tennis courts, soccer pitch and pingpong cave.
As an American footballer, Zach highlights the running game of Saybrook’s gender-neutral “wildcat” offense (earning him the nickname “the cougar”). As a pingponger, Zach’s cautious style and “I’ll wait till my opponent gets tired” attitude has led some to call him “the human backboard.” When playing tennis, Zach makes up for his lack of technical skill by using his broad chest, thick arms and powerful thighs to physically outmatch his opponent. On the soccer pitch, he mostly just stands there. So here’s to you, Zach, for embodying the spirit of a true IM athlete: If you’re not good at anything, play a little bit of everything. Zach will, of course, receive 30 Hudak points and the respect of his peers.
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IM Athlete of the Week: Jeremy Lent ’11
by admin / October 12th 2009 / No Comment
Congratulations to this week’s IM Athlete of the Week, Jeremy “Slow Twitch” Lent (2011). Jeremy’s blinding speed on the XC course earned Saybrook’s men a spot in the upcoming finals.
Jeremy is owned in only 45% of Yahoo! Mixed Leagues. In comparison, Justin “I USED to be a high school track star” Chukumba (2010) is owned in an inflated 89% of leagues. Owners should nab Jeremy while they still can.
Honorable mention to Ian Halpern (2010) for his two tap-in goals against top-ranked TD this week to keep the men’s soccer team undefeated (and unscored upon). Maybe if Halpern put in that little bit of extra effort he would win one of these weeks. Let that be a lesson to you all–it takes more than talent to succeed in this league. You need to have heart.
Saybrook IM Update 9/25/09
by admin / September 26th 2009 / No Comment
Whaddup Saybrook. Here’s our IM Update for the week:
Currently, we’re in 8th place with 45 points.
Here’s our record as of the 23rd, except for golf (click on the sport to see the schedule of games):
Coed Ping Pong: 1-1
Coed Volleyball: 3-1
Men’s Soccer: 1-0
Women’s Soccer: 0-3
Coed Football: 0-1
Men’s Football: 1-0
Golf: 0-0
Coed Tennis: 0-0
Men’s XC: 0-0
Women’s XC: 0-0
IM Athlete of the Week: Nimit Jain ’12
by admin / September 20th 2009 / No Comment
Congratulations to Nimit Jain, our first athlete of the week! Nimit’s passion for IMs and Saybrook paid off as he helped bring us big victories in pingpong and soccer. His come-from-behind victory against Berkeley in pingpong helped fuel a great end to the week, as Saybrook may find itself as high as third place when the standings are re-calculated.
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Saybrook’s New IM Point System
by admin / September 20th 2009 / No Comment
In case you missed it, here’s Saybrook’s new IM Point System unveiled this Friday by our IM secretaries:
THE GREAT NEWS: WE’RE FINALLY DEBUTING OUR LONG-ANTICIPATED POINTS SYSTEM! WOW! WHAT GREAT NEWS!
Starting TODAY, if you get out to the fields and rep Saybrook you’ll get 10 IM points per game. You can trade in your points for sweet prizes in the Master’s office or at the Squiche. We’re also debuting our SY IM All-Stars program. We’ll also awarding our first IM Athlete of the Week after today’s games. Check out graphics below for all the info, and feel free to email your friendly IM secretaries with any questions.
Your IM Secretaries
Leslie Golden, Michael Dunn and John Ettinger
Perhaps you are wondering how you can win these IM points? Well, if you take a look at this handy dandy chart right here, it might just answer your question.
But wait, into what do these IM points actually translate? Well, fortunately, you have this equally useful chart to tell you just that. Whew.
Free Saybrook merhandise and food not good enough for you? Well, for all the über-dedicated Saybrook IM warriors out there, we have a special, hallowed rank to distinguish you from your less dedicated peers. For your hard work and self-sacrifice, Master Hudak will bestow upon you the coveted title of Saybrook IM All-Star. As a reward, you will receive the special prizes outlined below.
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Getting mail at Yale
by admin / August 23rd 2009 / No Comment
Hola Saybrook Freshmen!
So here is a short post about how the mailing system works at Yale. You basically get your mail in 4 places, depending on your carrier (I know this sounds ridiculous):
1) UPS– Your mail will go to Hendrie Hall on Elm Street. There is a UPS station in the basement there, and you have to show your Yale ID to get your package. If you know that your package is coming by UPS, you can send it directly to Hendrie Hall (see yale.edu/campusmap for address of Hendrie Hall) under your name, or you can send it to the following address (this is what I do, and I will explain later why I do this):
Your Name
Street Address of Your Residential College
Residential College Name
Yale University
New Haven, CT-065__
You will get an email when your package arrives.
2) FedEx and other carriers (not USPS though)– Your mail goes to the master’s office in your residential college. The address to be used for such carriers is again:
Your Name
Street Address of Your Residential College
Residential College Name
Yale University
New Haven, CT-065__
You will get an email when your package arrives.
So, I use this address for all mail that is not coming by USPS (for UPS, FedEx and everything else) because many times you are unsure of the carrier that is going to be used. UPS Packages addressed in this way are automatically directed to Hendrie Hall; so, there is no problem at all.
3) USPS– Your mail comes to your P.O.Box. I think you will be having your box numbers by now. Please make sure to go the post office in the basement of Lanman Wright Hall or LDub on Old Campus to pay the yearly deposit for your box as soon as you arrive on campus. Long lines often result during orientation. The address for packages coming by USPS goes like:
Your Name
P O Box _____
New Haven
CT- 06520-(last 4 digits of your box)
You do not receive an email in this case.
If you are entirely unsure about your carrier, use the following address (though you should try and find out for convenience):
Your Name
Street Address of Your Residential College
Residential College Name
P O Box _____
New Haven
CT- 065__ (zip for your college)
4) Campus mail– This is not used as frequently. You may get occasional mails from the Yale Health Plan or the library system in your campus mail boxes. These are typically located on the first floor of your dorms, and are free of charge. You may be sharing these with your suite-mates.
I know the mailing system at Yale in slightly complicated, and I hope this post helps. See yale.edu/campusmail for further details.
If not addressed properly, your mail can get severely delayed (not a nice thing during the first few weeks of the semester when you are getting books from Amazon etc.). See you guys in a week!