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SBA Sends Delegates to Model U.N.

Alex Alvarez, Conner Evans, and Chris Fitzpatrick represented Sugar Bowl Academy on May 19-20 at the University of California-Davis Model United Nations conference. SBA students served on the Arab League Crisis Committee as delegates representing Tunisia, Iraq, and the U.A.E. The focus of this session of the Model U.N. was the Arab Spring in Egypt and Syria.

SBA Goes Big, Then Home at Pole Peddle Paddle

Congratulations, again, to Nordic Coaches Schloss and Tuscano for their fantastic finish at the Pole Peddle Paddle last weekend in Bend, Oregon! 

Coach Schloss submitted the following highlights. You will notice that each of the SBA student-athlete teams that participated in the event finished first in its division!

 
"Bend, Oregon’s Pole Pedal Paddle is a six-leg relay race that includes alpine skiing/snowboarding, xc skiing, biking, running, canoe/kayaking, and a sprint to the finish for a total distance of about 34 miles. This year, 2,922 racers competed in the 882 individual/team entries. Olympian and US Nordic Ski Team member Kris Freeman won the men’s elite division and XC Oregon’s Stephanie Howe won her third straight title in the women’s elite race. Six SBA teams represented Far West Nordic. All SBA teams came in first in their division with the exception of coaches Ambrose Tuscano and Jeff Schloss who were second in their age group but seventeenth overall. Ambrose alpine skied, biked, and paddled while Jeff nordic skied, ran and sprinted.
  • Team SBA: Skyler Mullings and Casey Jobe - WINNERS of pairs age 17 and under.
  • Team Gangstar Ninjas: Cassidy Cichowicz and Scott Cooper - WINNERS of coed pairs age 18-24.
  • Team PB: Bria Riggs and Peter Carroll - WINNERS of coed pairs under 17.
  • Team Victorious Secret (males): Joe Piercy and Austin Meng - WINNERS of male pairs 18-24.
  • Team Victorious Secret (females): Savannah Blide and Erika Klenk - WINNERS of female pairs under 17."

Left to Right: Casey Jobe, Jeff Schloss, Skyler Mullings, Peter Carroll,
Austin Meng, Scott Cooper

Tahoe Lake Century 2012 in Film

For the second consecutive year, nearly the entire SBA teaching-and-learning community along with alums Austin Meng, Scott Cooper, and Dylan Brooks - not to mention a number of parents - cycled around Lake Tahoe yesterday for our Tahoe Lake Century fund raiser. Kudos to the advisory groups of Andy Knox, Corbin Prychun, and Ambrose Tuscano for their hard work in making the event so successful. A short "Marmot Man Productions" film follows...

What's Beneath the Surface?

Andy Giordano's Biology students enjoyed some hands-on learning today. Photos follow of the worm dissections...




Nordic Coaches Schloss and Tuscano Take 17th at Pole Peddle Paddle

SBA teams represented well with strong finishes at this weekend's Pole Peddle Paddle in Bend, Oregon (stay tuned for stories and videos). While we await more complete coverage, here is a link to full results. Congratulations in particular to our top finishers, Nordic coaches Jeff Schloss and Ambrose Tuscano, who were 17th overall among nearly 900 teams!