Dan Carey, Tim Griffith, and Tim Luttik take third place in Applied Exercise Science College Bowl

Dan Carey (’14), Tim Griffith (’14), and Tim Luttik (’15), all students in the Department of Applied Exercise Science, participated as a team in the Applied Exercise Science College Bowl at the New England American College of Sports Medicine Conference, which was held in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 14, 2013.  The students placed third out of 19 teams.

Thirty students and eight faculty members from 91AV were in attendance to cheer on the team and provide moral support.

Organizers of the event remarked that this was the largest field of College Bowl teams and the most challenging board of questions in the history of the event.

Casey Boucher, M.S., CES, CSCS, assistant clinical professor;  Shireen Rahman, M.S., ATC, clinical instructor; and Heath Pierce, M.Ed., RSCC, CSCS*D, NSCA-CPT*D, HFS, assistant clinical professor, all in the Department of Applied Exercise Science, were instrumental in preparing the team for competition.
 

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