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SPORTS / WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
MLB
Pujols, Cardinals whip Mariners
BY R.B. FALLSTROM Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols took one off the noggin for his team on a perfect day at the plate and stand-in cleanup hitter Ryan Ludwick homered to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Seattle Mariners 9-3 on Monday night.
Pujols singled three times and walked twice as the Cardinals bounced back after totaling 19 runs during a 1-5 West Coast swing that dropped them out of the NL Central lead. Plus, he stayed in the game after a throw to the plate glanced off his helmet ear flap in the fifth.
Ludwick finished with four RBIs and Adam Wainwright (9-4) pitched into the eighth after a shaky start. Matt Holliday also was a success batting second for the first time in his career, getting two hits and scoring twice.
The Mariners have lost six of seven, fizzling after Ichiro Suzuki hit the second pitch of the game for his 31st career leadoff homer — tying Chuck Knoblauch for 10th place. Suzuki also doubled in the eighth for his major league-leading 31st multihit game.
Luke French (0-1) replaced struggling Ian Snell in the rotation and allowed four runs in four innings.
Colby Rasmus homered in a four-run fifth off Snell, one of the runs scoring when Pujols broke for the plate on David Freese's chopper to third and was struck by Jose Lopez's errant throw.
Pujols was helped off the field by teammate Yadier Molina after receiving treatment from a trainer, but just moments later was chatting with teammates in the dugout.
The Mariners had two runs on three hits in the first against Wainwright (9-4), and no runs and one hit over the next six innings. It was Wainwright's 21st consecutive home start with three or fewer runs on his line, the longest streak in major league history, according to research by the Elias Sports Bureau.
FITNESS
Boot Camp numbers decline
Fewer enroll in rec center classes during summer
BY ALISON CUMBOW alisonc@kansan.com
Alex Miller has been training students at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center for the past four years. He's watched them
struggle to lift weights, run more miles than they thought they could, gain muscle and lose weight. This summer, Miller, a recent graduate, will put his training methods to the test
through the recreation center's Boot Camp program.
"Boot Camp started last year as a result of industry trends and the interest in group training programs."
dents can still become "recruits" and join the Boot Camp challenge by signing up for one of three different times twice per week.
Each session can have as few as five recruits, and the most popular time, Monday and Wednesday
"I jumped at the chance to coach when the program was introduced," Miller said. "I even purchased a camo jacket for the occasion, which I discovered quickly was too hot and restrictive for the intensity of the workouts."
The recreation center started the Boot Camp program in spring 2009. Since then, enrollment has been higher in the fall and spring than in the summer. This summer, about 30 students are enrolled. Sessions started June 14, but stu-
AMBER LONG Assistant director of fitness
at 6:30 a.m.
already has 17
enrolled.
"It's a good way to get the day started," Miller said.
Amber Long, assistant director of fitness at the Ambler recreation center,
said Boot Camp was a great way to challenge students' bodies because it provided a different workout each session.
"Boot Camp started last year as a result of industry trends and the interest in group training programs," she said.
Miller said two coaches guide each group of recruits during the workouts, the first of which
is called "The Survivor Test," an initiation test aimed to gauge students' abilities and eventually compare their them with the last session's test.
"This session will take place out on campus rain or shine," he said. "It has some of the most challenging workouts we've had yet."
"They proceeded to run to the restroom and puke part way through a workout," he said. "They never came hung over again."
Miller said students should come ready to work, unlike the funniest thing he had seen a few recruits do in a previous Boot Camp class they showed up hung over.
Boot Camp costs $50 for 12 sessions, and Long said most of that money goes toward purchasing new equipment and paying the student
"It's a good way to get the day started."
ALEX MILLER Boot Camp instructor
trainers. Miller said from what he understood about how the recreation center's budget and payroll system worked, most of the money made from Boot Camp did not
go to the recreation center.
go to the recreation center.
"Boot Camp is an awesome
OTHER THINGS STUDENTS CAN DO TO KEEP IN SHAPE THIS SUMMER
Personal training at the recreation center, $15 Climb the rock wall at the recreation center Tune up bikes at the Outdoor Pursuits Bike Shop
"Go out and play," Miller said. "The summer is the perfect time to grab a ball, frisbee, or a water gun."
BOOT CAMP
SCHEDULE
■ Monday/Wednesday 6:30 a.m.
■ Tuesday/Thursday 8 a.m.
■ Tuesday/Thursday 5:30 p.m.
option for people who are looking for motivation, variety, or encouragement in their workouts," Miller said.