Golden Flyers soar with return of athletics competition

The Golden Flyers athletics teams are back competing this spring! After the pandemic hit our world last March, sports, along with everything else, came to a halt.

We are happy to welcome all the athletes and coaches back to their competitive seasons, and it is inspiring to see that athletics is managing to combine three seasons into one: all fall, winter, and spring sports. I talked with some Nazareth student athletes and coaches about their triumphant return along with some exciting initiatives taking place with all our Golden Flyer teams.

Guests on the podcast:

• Taylor Robey is a senior music education major with a minor in piano and the honors program. She has been a member of the Nazareth Women's swimming and diving team for four years, and a team captain for three seasons.
• Emma States is a sophomore biomedical science major, and she competes on the women's lacrosse team.
• Coach Gail Mann is the longest tenured coach at Nazareth, leading the Nazareth Women's soccer team for the last 29 years.  She has served as the senior women's administrator for the last five years and advised the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) for the last 20.   She loves the outdoors, hiking, kayaking, and hanging out anywhere there is water.  Gail lives with her wife/soulmate Dugan for 30 years and their pup Rooney who totally rules the house.  
• Kaleb Lutton is a two-sport athlete, competing on the track and field and volleyball teams at Nazareth. Lutton placed in four of five events he competed in during the Empire 8 Indoor Track and Field Championships. He hopes to win the UVC conference championship and earn a bid to the NCAA Men’s Division III Volleyball Championship.  
• Coach Chris Baudo is coach of the Nazareth women’s ice hockey team.