The event, a sort of mock triathlon allowed participants to swim, bike and run trail distances in order to simulate the experience of a real triathlon, with the training and assistance of coaches.
Gregory Wolfe, FIU’s third president, died on the night of Saturday, December 12.
As Head Coach Randy Horner and his swimming and diving team prepare to bounce back from their first loss of the season, coming against the University of Illinois at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center, there isn’t a single moment of down-time.
The Fighting Illini from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be making the 1,300 mile trip to the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center.
FIU won the C-USA Title last season, in an amazing run led by Johanna Gustafsdottir, last year’s FIU Female Athlete of the Year. Gustafsdottir was one of many dominant swimmers and divers here at the University.
While students who need to get to and leave the Biscayne Bay Campus wonder if they or the shuttles will ever be able to travel there on Northeast 135th Street, and as the game of politics is played throughout Miami-Dade County, one man decided to help answer an age old dilemma of the human race when it comes to road making: how do we get across?
“It is an event each term that welcomes new students for Summer B and a welcome back for current students so that they can get involved,” said Kaytien Franco, marketing assistant for BBC Campus life.
To address student and faculty concerns, the BBC Student Government Council hosted their 9th Annual Town Hall Meeting with University President Mark B. Rosenberg.
On Thursday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m., Tom Williams will host a reading from his latest novel, “Don’t Start Me Talkin’.”
Racial tensions between police officers and black communities have sparked a number of nationwide protests. To address this issue, journalism students at the MAST @ FIU Academy at Biscayne Bay Campus, will host a “Twitter talk” Thursday, Dec. 11.