Eugene, Or. – Tobi Amusan’s dazzling sophomore season continues as she earned an automatic qualifying spot in the 100m Hurdles on day two of the NCAA Championships on Thursday evening.
Amusan was tasked with running in the second and most competitive heat of three in the 100m hurdle semifinals. The sophomore clocked the fastest qualifying time of 12.79, beating the likes of Drior Hall (USC) and the 2017 (60m hurdle) NCAA Indoor Champion Sasha Wallace (Oregon).
Last year the Nigerian native finished runner up to Kentucky’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (12.84), who also qualified to the final. Amusan will take the track again on Saturday at 5:10 p.m. MT live on ESPN.
Sophomore 800m runner Lilian Koech’s season came to a halt on Thursday evening. The Kenya native clocked a time of 2:09.30 to finish 23rd overall.
Winny Koech’s season also came to an end as she ran a time of 34:51.32 in the 10,000m final on Thursday evening.
Friday’s action will see three Miners compete. Emmanuel Korir and Michael Saruni will run in the men’s 800m final set to start at 7:45 p.m. live on ESPN. Saruni (1:46.38) and Korir (1:46.63) qualified to the No. 1 and No. 3 spots in tomorrow’s final.
Lucia Mokrasova will also be in action as she will complete the first of four events (100m hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200m dash) of the heptathlon. The heptathlon competition can be viewed on espn3.com and begins at 1:30 pm.
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Eugene, Or. – It was a bittersweet victory for the Miners as UTEP’s freshman Emmanuel Korir captured his second NCAA title in the 800m at the historic Hayward Stadium on Friday evening.
Running in the 800m final were both freshman Michael Saruni and Korir, who were favored to finish the event No. 1 and No. 2. Korir, a bit shaken up, narrowly held onto his lead and finished the race in a time of 1:45.03. It marks his second NCAA track and field title (800m indoor and outdoor).
“It was very unfortunate that Michael went down in the 800m, it would’ve been a very exciting finish to see who would be the national champion had he not fallen,” head coach Mika Laaksonen stated. “Emmanuel should feel very fortunate, Michael would have really challenged him at the end. He [Korir] is such a talented runner this may have been his last race for us.”
Saruni, having taken a hard fall, showed great determination and strength to finish the race with a time of 2:15.56. The Kenya native still earned All-American honors for his performance.
The only female competing for the Miners on Friday was junior Lucia Mokrasova. Under difficult weather conditions, she tallied a total of 3,178 points through the first four events of the women’s heptathlon.
She started the day off with a time of 14.49 in the 100m hurdles for 910 points. She followed that up by clearing 1.54m in the high jump accumulating 666 points. Her best event was undoubtedly the shot put. The Slovakia native heaved the ball out to 13.36m (43-10) garnering 751 points; the throw was the enough to place her first in the 24-athlete field.
She closed out the night with a time of 25.93 for 851 points in the 200m.
Mokrasova will conclude the heptathlon Saturday with the long jump (12:30 p.m. MT/espn3.com), javelin throw (1:45 p.m./espn3.com) and the 800m run (6:30 p.m./ESPN).
Saturday will feature the women’s final day of competition with sophomore sensation Tobi Amusan running in the 100m hurdle final for the second time in her career. Amusan qualified with the fastest time of 12.79. The Nigerian native will take the track at 5:10 p.m. live on ESPN.
Senior Samantha Hall will make her final appearance in the Orange and Blue as she competes in the women’s discus throw. Hall comes into the competition ranked 7th among the 24-athlete field. The discus throw starts at 4:00 p.m. on ESPN3.com.
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Eugene, Or. – Tobi Amusan finds redemption as she won her first NCAA title in the 100m hurdles at historic Hayward Stadium on the final day of the NCAA Championships, Saturday evening.
“Amusan is another special talent. She executed her race very well and all the hard work she put in this season paid off,” head coach Mika Laaksonen said. “This was her closest race yet and she stepped up to the challenge.”
The freshman exploded out of the blocks and held onto a narrow lead over the defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Kentucky). In the closing moment of the race Amusan leaned over the finish line to clock a time of 12.57, while Camacho-Quinn was close behind at 12.58.
The Nigerian native broke the UTEP school record in this event earlier this year at the UTEP Springtime stopping the clock at 12.63. Her time of 12.57 demolished that record and sets a personal best.
The last time UTEP track and field had multiple individual NCAA Champions was back in 1978 (Peter Lemashon, 800m, Michael Musyoki, 10,000m, Jennifer Smit, Shot Put and Ria Stahlman, Discus).
Korir and Amusan add to UTEP’s total of NCAA Champions to 107. Korir becomes just the second Miner to ever win the 800m NCAA title, while Amusan is the first to ever achieve the NCAA crown in the 100m hurdles.
Two other Miners competed on Saturday evening. Samantha Hall in the women’s discus throw and Lucia Mokrasova completing the final three events in the women’s hepthathon.
Hall showed poise in the first flight of two in the discus event. The senior launched the discus out to 54.66m (179-4), placing 10th overall and just narrowly missing out of the top nine who advance to the event’s final. The Jamaican native finishes her career at UTEP ranking fifth on the all-time list for the indoor shot put (14.90m), fifth in the outdoor shot put list (14.77m) and holds the school record in the discus throw (58.50m). Hall is a two-time Conference USA Champion in the discus throw. Hall garnered All-American second team honors.
In just her second appearance at the NCAA Championships, Mokrasova finished in 17th place with a total of 5,172 points. The junior started the day off by leaping 5.34m (17-16.25) in the long jump for 654 points. She followed that up with a javelin heave of 37.10m (121-9) and closed out the event with an 800m time of 2:13.46 (915 points). The Slovakia native finished the season with a new school record in the event, when she scored 5,671 points earlier this year at the Texas Relays.
The UTEP track and field team close out the 2017 campaign with two women conference titles both indoor and outdoor. The 2017 C-USA Outdoor Championship title was the first outdoor conference title in women’s program history. The Miners finish with three outdoor All-Americans, Michael Saruni, Korir and Amsuan and a second team All-American (Hall).
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For over 100 years, UTEP has been El Paso’s university and the Miners have been El Paso’s team. And while the student-athletes and coaches have driven the success on the field, the support of the community and a passionate fanbase have made the game day experience in the Sun Bowl and Don Haskins Center truly unique.
This year, UTEP Athletics celebrates not only its rich history, but the people who are proud to call themselves Miners! “We Are Miners” is UTEP’s athletics marketing theme for 2017-18.
The “We Are Miners” theme will be prevalent across town and branded in everything produced by UTEP Athletics, including social media content, posters and schedule cards. “We Are Miners” merchandise will be available at the UTEP Bookstore. Game day will be enhanced for 2017-18, with more interactive fan experiences.
UTEP’s food service, Sodexo, will introduce new premium burgers, chicken sandwiches, hot dogs and nachos in the Sun Bowl this fall.
Fans will also be allowed on the field after all five football home games.
UTEP’s annual “Fan Day” at the Larry K. Durham Center on Aug. 26 will be family-oriented with activities for kids, meet and greets with the coaches and players and an autograph session. Fans will also have the opportunity to interact with the coaches and players, as well as tour the Miners’ Larry K. Durham Center, at the brand-new season ticket pickup event on Aug. 4.
Keeping up with the “We Are Miners” theme, each of UTEP’s football home games will celebrate a different faction of the El Paso community. The Rice game (Sept. 9) is “Hometown Heroes Night,” Arizona (Sept. 15) is “Military Night,” WKU (Oct. 7) is “Youth Football Night,” UTSA (Oct. 28) is “Spirit Night” and LA Tech (Nov. 18) is “Teacher Education Night.”
The Homecoming game is on Oct. 7 versus WKU.
Additional UTEP Football game day details will be announced later this summer. UTEP Football Season Tickets, starting at just $55, are available now by calling (915) 747-6150. Family packs are just $190 for two adults and two youth.
UTEP’s home schedule features a visit by Arizona from the Pac-12 Conference for the first time since 1977, as well as matchups with both 2016 Conference USA division champions in WKU and LA Tech.
The UTEP men’s program for both cross country and track and field ranks 10th in the nation announced by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Tuesday evening.
The USTFCCCA Program of the Year Award is given annually to the most outstanding cross country and track and field programs in each of the NCAA’s three divisions. In order to be eligible for the award, teams must qualify for each of the NCAA Championships.
The rankings honor the institutions that achieve the most success each academic year over all three seasons (cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field), based on the school’s finishes at the NCAA Championships.
UTEP’s cross country team finished 29th at the 2016 NCAA Cross Country Championships. The track and field team finished 22nd at the indoor NCAAs and 23rd at the outdoor NCAA Championships. The Miners tallied a total of 77 points.
UTEP is the only Conference USA representative in the rankings.
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EL PASO – UTEP’s Tobi Amusan has been named one of 10 semifinalists for The Bowerman Award, announced by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Wednesday afternoon.
In her second appearance at the NCAA Championships Amusan, the 2016 runner-up in the 100m hurdles, captured the 2017 title with the fourth-best performance in the event in collegiate history. Her time was 12.57 seconds. The last Miner to win the event at the NCAAs was Kim Turner (1984). Amusan edged defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (12.58).
The Nigeria native broke the UTEP school record in the event earlier this year at the UTEP Springtime Meet, stopping the clock at 12.63. Her time of 12.57 demolished that record and set a personal best.
Amusan is the first UTEP female on The Bowerman Watch List since Blessing Okagbare on May 7, 2010.
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Many people have back pain so often that it starts to become a daily struggle. You don�t have to put up with pain every day.
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Idiopathic scoliosis, the most common type of the spinal condition, occurs most often through the growth spurt during and before adolescence. In fact, approximately between 12 to 21 percent of idiopathic cases occur in children ages 3 to10 years and less than 1 percent in infants. Mild cases of scoliosis occurs about equally in kids, but curve progression is 10 times more likely to occur in women.
Other elements must be current to generate scoliosis, although being taller at earlier ages than-average might set some girls at risk. A risk-factor that impacts females is delayed onset of menstruation, which may prolong the growth spurt period, thus increasing the chance for the improvement of scoliosis.
Once scoliosis is identified, it is very hard to foresee who are at greatest risk for curve progression. About 2 to 4 percent of all adolescents develop a curvature of 10 degrees or more, but only about 0.3 to 0.5 percent of teens have curves greater than 20 degrees, requiring medical attention.
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Risk Factors of Scoliosis and its Progression
People with certain medical problems that impact muscles and the joints are at higher risk for scoliosis. These conditions include muscular dystrophy, rheumatoid arthritis, polio, and cerebral palsy. Children who receive organ transplants (kidney, liver, and heart) are also at elevated risk.
Scoliosis in Young Athletes
Scoliosis might be evident having a prevalence of 2 – 2 4%, in young athletes. The highest rates are are found among dancers, gymnasts, and swimmers. The scoliosis could have been due simply to loosening of the joints, delay in puberty onset (which can lead to weakened bones), and stresses on the developing spine. There have been other reports of a higher-risk for scoliosis in young athletes who engage vigorously. These contain figureskating, dance, tennis, ski-ing, and javelin throwing, among other sports. In most cases, the scoliosis is small, and sports that are everyday do maybe not direct to scoliosis. Exercise has many advantages for people both young and aged and might even help patients with scoliosis.
Prognosis for Scoliosis
Generally, the severity of the scoliosis depends on the degree of the curvature and whether important organs, particularly the lungs and heart are threatened by it.
Mild Scoliosis (less than 20 degrees): Mild scoliosis isn’t severe and demands no treatment other than monitoring.
Moderate Scoliosis (between 2-5 and 7-0 degrees): It is still unclear whether un-treated reasonable scoliosis causes substantial wellness issues later on.
Severe Scoliosis (over 7 degrees): In case the curvature exceeds 70 degrees, the serious twisting of the backbone that occurs in structural scoliosis can trigger the ribs to press against the lungs, restrict breathing, and lessen oxygen levels. The distortions might also trigger hazardous adjustments in the heart.
Very Extreme Scoliosis (Over 100 degrees): Eventually, if the curve reaches more than 100 100 levels, equally the lungs and heart can be injured. Patients with this specific degree of severity are susceptible to pneumonia and lung infections. Curves mortality charges are increased by greater than 100 degrees, but this problem is very uncommon in America.
Some experts argue that by merely measuring the degree of the curve, patients may not be identified in the serious and average teams who are a-T greatest risk for lung problems. Other factors (spinal flexibility, the extent of asymmetry involving the ribs as well as the vertebrae) might be mo Re essential in predicting severity in this group.
Scoliosis Curvature of the Spine
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By Dr. Alex Jimenez
Additional Topics: Scoliosis Pain and Chiropractic
According to recent research studies, chiropractic care and exercise can substantially help correct scoliosis. Scoliosis is a well-known type of spinal misalignment, or subluxation, characterized by the abnormal, lateral curvature of the spine. While there are two different types of scoliosis, chiropractic treatment techniques, including spinal adjustments and manual manipulations, are safe and effective alternative treatment measures which have been demonstrated to help correct the curve of the spine, restoring the original function of the spine.
Scoliosis affects about 2 to 3 percent of the population. It may occur in adults but is additionally identified for the first time in kids. Less than 1 percent of them develop scoliosis that needs therapy, although about 10 percent of adolescents have some level of scoliosis. The situation tends to run in families. Among people with family members who’ve scoliosis, the case occurs in about 20 percent.
Scoliosis which is not associated with a number of spinal issues, as well as any bodily impairment, could also be viewed in the adult population.
Scoliosis is an irregular curving of the spine. The normal spine has gentle natural curves that round the shoulders and make the lower back curve inward. Scoliosis generally causes deformities of the spine and ribcage. The spine curves in a side-to-side aspect at various levels, and a few of the bones might rotate somewhat, creating an uneven appearance in the hips or shoulders.
The form of the curve often categorizes scoliosis, typically as either non-structural or structural.
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Types of Scoliosis
Structural scoliosis: In addition to the spine curving from side to side, the vertebrae rotate, twisting the spine. As it twists, one side of the rib cage is pushed outward so that the spaces between the ribs widen and the shoulder blade protrudes (producing a rib-cage deformity, or hump). The other half of the rib cage is twisted inward, compressing the ribs.
Nonstructural scoliosis: The curve does not twist but is a simple side-to-side curve.
Other abnormalities of the spine which could occur alone or in mixture with scoliosis include hyperkyphosis (an irregular exaggeration in the backward rounding of the upper backbone) and hyperlordosis (an exaggerated ahead curving of the lower backbone, also also known as sway-back).
Diagnosing Scoliosis
Proper analysis is crucial. A misjudgment can direct to needless x-rays and remedies that are stressful to children if the condition is not at risk of progression. Unfortunately, even though measurements of rotation and curves are of use, no-test exists to know if the curve will worsen.
Currently, x-rays are the most cost effective technique for diagnosing scoliosis. Experts hope that correct, non invasive diagnostic methods will in the course of time be produced to displace a number of the x-rays employed to monitor the progression of scoliosis. Today, imaging techniques under investigation seem to be relatively precise for detecting scoliosis in the upper or thoracic location, but perhaps not scoliosis in the lower back or the lumbar region of the spine.
If scoliosis is indicated by screening, the child could possibly be sent to a healthcare professional who will then take an original x-ray and screening for the next couple of months using repeated x rays. X-rays are often required for a precise prognosis of scoliosis.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a sophisticated imaging method that doesn’t use radiation, as x-rays do. It’s not usually utilized for an original prognosis, and expensive, nevertheless. MRI can, however, determine brain-stem abnormalities and spinal cord complications, which some studies reveal may possibly be more widespread than formerly considered in children with idiopathic scoliosis. For detecting defects which could lead to prospective problems, MRI might be especially beneficial before considering surgery for scoliosis.
Checking for Scoliosis in Children
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By Dr. Alex Jimenez
Additional Topics: Scoliosis Pain and Chiropractic
According to recent research studies, chiropractic care and exercise can substantially help correct scoliosis. Scoliosis is a well-known type of spinal misalignment, or subluxation, characterized by the abnormal, lateral curvature of the spine. While there are two different types of scoliosis, chiropractic treatment techniques, including spinal adjustments and manual manipulations, are safe and effective alternative treatment measures which have been demonstrated to help correct the curve of the spine, restoring the original function of the spine.
If you’re concerned about your body image, engage in a bout of exercise. Researchers at the University of British Columbia found that just one 30-minute exercise session makes women feel stronger and thinner.
“Women, in general, have a tendency to feel negatively about their bodies,” says study senior author Kathleen Martin Ginis, professor in UBC Okanagan’s School of Health and Exercise Sciences.
“This is a concern because poor body image can have harmful implications for a woman’s psychological and physical health including increased risk for low self-esteem, depression and for eating disorders,” she said. “This study indicates exercise can have an immediate positive effect.”
Researchers compared the body image and physical perceptions of women who completed 30 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise with those who sat and read. Women in the exercise group had significant improvements in their body image compared to those who didn’t exercise.
The positive effect lasted at least 20 minutes post-exercise. In addition, the research team found that the effect was not due to a change in the women’s mood, but was linked to perceiving themselves as stronger and thinner.
“We all have those days when we don’t feel great about our bodies,” says Martin Ginis. “This study and our previous research shows one way to feel better, is to get going and exercise. The effects can be immediate.”
According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly one half of North American women experience some degree of body image dissatisfaction, and the problem has grown over the last three decades.
Many previous studies have found that exercise has a positive effect on other aspects of mental health including lifting depression and easing anxiety. A study published in Psychosomatic Medicine found that exercise was comparable to antidepressants in treating patients with major depressive disorder.
The exercise doesn’t have to be strenuous to be helpful. A recent study from the University of Connecticut shows that if you’re sedentary, just getting up and moving around can reduce depression and make you feel better about yourself.
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