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So much more for 2004. The year begins with one of the finest San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame Tributes on February 12. Don’t miss it. It is a very special class of inductees, and you will want to be there to share these special memories with the rest of the sports “nuts” in San Antonio. Get your friends and sit together for a merry time for all! See the Alamodome turned into a “Gala” experience. On Valentine’s Day, join us at 10:00 a.m. for the Whataburger Victory Lap Celebration opening ceremonies and support the boys and girls who have finished their Diamond Shamrock Go!Kids Challenge™ 26 miles. We are so proud of every K thru 5th grader who has logged about ¼ mile a day to establish this important exercise routine. 2004 will be a fun filled year highlighted by our 20th Anniversary. Thanks to the SASF founders who will be honored at the Hall of Fame Tribute, sports and high profile sporting events are a foundation of our community. Happy Birthday to us! Don’t miss
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State
Comptroller Says Final Four is Slam Dunk for San Antonio DFY
Families Celebrate Happy Holidays
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A Chance to Score ’05 Volleyball Championship Tickets
The trip provided a great behind-the-scenes look at the tournament, helped promote the 2005 championship tournament to Texas volleyball fans and kicked-off a San Antonio ticket giveaway. You can still enter for a chance to win two tickets to the 2005 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship, scheduled for December 15 and 17 at the Alamodome. Just click here to enter! The
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Diamond Shamrock Go!Kids Challenge™ Brings
Celebs to Schools
CODP
Sets Course for Air Force Fencer
Caitlin is an “A” rated fencer, and until last year, was ranked in the top 10. She’s taking the year off from fencing to rehabilitate a shoulder injury. According to her mom, if it hadn’t been for the Sports Foundation's CODP, she never would have competed nationally. “It opened so many doors for her,” says Julie Harris. It also attracted the AFA’s attention. Caitlin says she’s “surviving” at the Academy, which she admits is the hardest thing she’s done in her life. Ranked first in her graduating class at the International School of the Americas, Caitlin finds the AFA academically and physically demanding and challenging. “Being a part of the CODP, I learned how much hard work pays off. I was rewarded when I did well. I did well when I practiced hard.”
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| Dress Rehearsal a Success
December 18th marked SALOC’s latest step in the right direction for tournament preparation with a very successful dress rehearsal for UTSA’s game management team and the Alamodome staff. The venue was in the required Final Four® configuration for a Division I match-up between UTSA and A&M, and the evening went off without a hitch. Great job to Final Four tournament director Scott Street and all of those involved. A big thank you to everyone in attendance! SALOC ticket and hospitality packages are still available for purchase by calling Jenny Carnes at 210-820-2104 or by clicking here. Volunteers Volunteer positions for the week and weekend of the Final Four® are filling up, so don’t miss your chance to be a part of the Big Dance™!! Call 210-820-2191 or download an application here. |
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Sports
and media celebrities visited two local elementary schools last month
to help motivate Diamond Shamrock Go!Kids Challenge™ participants
to stay on track toward completing their goal of walking 26.2 miles
by February 14.
Rose
showed the kids some of her many medals and talked about how she
began training as a young girl. Several of her UTSA track athletes
also shared their stories with the children, then they all walked
several laps around the school yard with the Diamond Shamrock Go!Kids Challenge
participants. Randy videotaped the walk and aired the Go!Kids
story on News 4 WOAI later that night.
For
sophomore Caitlin Harris, the Air Force Academy (AFA)
in Colorado Springs is a world away from her former life in San Antonio.
Recruited by the Academy because of her fencing skills, Caitlin is a
Community Olympic Development Program (CODP) success story.
Caitlin’s
ultimate goal is to compete in the Olympics. “Fencing was one
of my main reasons for going to school here,” she says. “I
knew financially I would not be able to follow my dreams of reaching
the Olympics either through modern pentathlon or fencing. But I know
that with hard work and financial support from the AFA, I will be able
to reach the level of competition needed to make the Olympic Games.”
With
the turn of the New Year, there are fewer than 12 weeks to go before
March Madness® takes over the Alamo City.
As Dick Vitale would say, “It’s crunch time baby!!”