Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Pre-season Women's College Squash Team Picks


Our pre-season picks for the 2013/14 Women's College Squash season.
  1. Harvard University - Solid top to bottom. Our pick to win it all.
  2. Yale University - always near or at the top
  3. Princeton University - probably the best women's coach
  4. University of Pennsylvania - elite, global recruiting
  5. Trinity College - the top 5 are elite, they could still win it all
  6. Cornell University - big jump from #5 to #6, but still a great program
  7. Stanford University - a solid team coached by an American icon
  8. Dartmouth College - fortunate to reach the A division
  9. Williams College - great leadership and a great program
  10. Brown University - Brown always attracts a solid women's team
  11. Middlebury College - Preppiest team in America
  12. Columbia University - same as the men
  13. George Washington University - strong coaching, recruiting and some scholarship $$$
  14. Bates College - not sure they can duplicate last year's epic finish
  15. Franklin and Marshall College - eccentric coach, good team
  16. Bowdoin College - this coach loves teaching squash
  17. Wesleyan University - disciplined 
  18. Amherst College - strong enough to be in the top 20
  19. Drexel University - won't be surprised if they surpass our expectations 
  20. Mount Holyoke College - stability with the coaching staff is good

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Pre-season Men's College Squash Team Picks

Our pre-season picks for the 2013/14 Men's College Squash season.

  1. St. Lawrence University: the best #1 and #2 in the country and our pick to win it all
  2. Harvard University: young talent and great coaching
  3. Yale University: winning the final match will mean the most
  4. Trinity College: end of an era starts now
  5. University of Rochester: talent, combined with world class coaching
  6. Cornell University: good recruits and solid coaching
  7. Princeton University: transitioning  
  8. Bates College: the bad boys of the NESCAC are now elite
  9. Franklin and Marshall College: eccentric coach, strong team
  10. Dartmouth College: good, not great
  11. University of Western Ontario: always a tough pick
  12. Columbia University: plateauing?
  13. U. Penn: solid coach
  14. Naval Academy: Made in America takes you only so far
  15. Drexel University: a January recruit could change the equation
  16. Brown University: the smartest team with the nicest coach
  17. Williams College: off year for great program
  18. Wesleyan University: trending right for coach of the year
  19. Middlebury College: new building and new energy
  20. Bowdoin College: young talent means future full of hope
  21. George Washington University: this pick could be low, but there are so many good programs now 
  22. Colby College: great vibe to a good team
  23. Amherst College: slowly moving down the rankings
  24. Hamilton College: sportsmanlike group
  25. Tufts University: Jumbo Fever, Catch It!

Sunday, September 1, 2013

The 104 IOC Members

The members of the International Olympic Committee will meet at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina from September 4-10, 2013.

Among other items, the agenda includes selection of the host city for the 2020 Olympic Games, election of a new IOC President, and the possible selection of a new sport to be added for the XXXII Olympiad.

On September 8, 2013, squash fans around the world will be particularly interested in the selection of a new sport as squash, wrestling, and the combined bid of baseball / softball are the three finalists. The other finalists have previously been a part of the Olympics. Squash has not.

This campaign, which was orchestrated by the World Squash Federation, has been squash's finest. Regardless of the result of the IOC vote, the leadership of World Squash, its members, and the global squash community should be proud of the coordinated campaign.

To see the agenda released by the IOC for this meeting, please click here.

Below is a list of the 104 IOC voting members and their home country. For additional information on the IOC and its member, please click here.




Name Country Member Since
1 Dr Gerardo Werthein  Argentina 2011
2 Mrs Nicole Hoevertsz  Aruba 2006
3 Mr Kevan Gosper  Australia 1977
4 Mr John Dowling Coates  Australia 2001
5 Mr James Tomkins  Australia 2013
6 Mr Leo Wallner  Austria 1998
7 Mr Austin Sealy  Barbados 1994
8 Count Jacques Rogge  Belgium 1991
9 Mr Pierre-Olivier Beckers  Belgium 2012
10 Ms Lydia Nsekera  Burundi 2009
11 Mr Issa Hayatou  Cameroon 2001
12 Mr Richard Pound  Canada 1978
13 Mrs Rebecca Scott  Canada 2006
14 Mr Yu Zaiqing  China 2000
15 Mrs Yang Yang  China 2010
16 Ms Li Lingwei  China 2012
17 Mr Wu Ching-Kuo  Chinese Taipei 1988
18 Mr Andrés Botero Philippsbourne  Colombia 2007
19 Mr Reynaldo González López  Cuba 1995
20 Mrs Yumilka Ruiz Luaces  Cuba 2008
21 HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark  Denmark 2009
22 Ms Aïcha Garad Ali  Djibouti 2012
23 General Mounir Sabet  Egypt 1998
24 Dr Robin E. Mitchell  Fiji 1994
25 Mr Peter Tallberg  Finland 1976
26 Mr Saku Koivu  Finland 2006
27 Mr Jean-Claude Killy  France 1995
28 Mr Guy Drut  France 1996
29 Mr Tony Estanguet  France 2013
30 Mrs Beatrice Allen  Gambia 2006
31 Mr Thomas Bach  Germany 1991
32 Mrs Claudia Bokel  Germany 2008
33 HRH the Princess Royal  Great Britain 1988
34 Sir Craig Reedie  Great Britain 1994
35 Sir Philip Craven  Great Britain 2003
36 Mr Adam Pengilly  Great Britain 2010
37 Mr Lambis Nikolaou  Greece 1986
38 Mr Willi Kaltschmitt Luján  Guatemala 1988
39 Mr Timothy Fok  Hong Kong, China 2001
40 HE Mr Pál Schmitt  Hungary 1983
41 Raja Randhir Singh  India 2001
42 Mrs Rita Subowo  Indonesia 2007
43 Mr Patrick Hickey  Ireland 1995
44 Mr Pat McQuaid  Ireland 2010
45 Mr Alex Gilady  Israel 1994
46 Mr Franco Carraro  Italy 1982
47 Mr Mario Pescante  Italy 1994
48 Mr Ottavio Cinquanta  Italy 1996
49 Mr Tsunekazu Takeda  Japan 2012
50 HRH Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein  Jordan 2010
51 Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah  Kuwait 1992
52 Mr Toni Khoury  Lebanon 1995
53 HSH the Princess Nora of Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 1984
54 HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1998
55 HRH Prince Tunku Imran  Malaysia 2006
56 Mr Olegario Vázquez Raña  Mexico 1995
57 HSH the Sovereign Prince Albert II  Monaco 1985
58 Ms Nawal El Moutawakel  Morocco 1998
59 Mr Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 2012
60 HM King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands  Netherlands 1998
61 Mr Barry Maister  New Zealand 2010
62 Mrs Barbara Kendall  New Zealand 2011
63 Mr Habu Gumel  Nigeria 2009
64 Mr Chang Ung  North Korea 1996
65 Mr Gerhard Heiberg  Norway 1994
66 Mr Habib Macki  Oman 2009
67 Syed Shahid Ali  Pakistan 1996
68 Mr Melitón Sánchez Rivas  Panama 1998
69 Mr Iván Dibós  Peru 1982
70 Mrs Irena Szewińska  Poland 1998
71 Mr Richard Carrión  Puerto Rico 1990
72 HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani  Qatar 2002
73 Mr Vitali Smirnov  Russia 1971
74 Mr Shamil Tarpishchev  Russia 1994
75 Mr Aleksandr Popov  Russia 2008
76 Mr Richard Peterkin  Saint Lucia 2009
77 HRH Prince Nawaf Faisal Fahd Abdulaziz  Saudi Arabia 2002
78 Mr Lamine Diack  Senegal 1999
79 Mr Ng Ser Miang  Singapore 1998
80 Ms Danka Barteková  Slovakia 2013
81 Mr Sam Ramsamy  South Africa 1995
82 Mr Lee Kun-hee  South Korea 1996
83 Mr Moon Dae-Sung  South Korea 2008
84 Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch, Jr.  Spain 2001
85 Mrs Marisol Casado  Spain 2010
86 Mr José Perurena  Spain 2011
87 Mrs Gunilla Lindberg  Sweden 1996
88 Mr Denis Oswald   Switzerland 1991
89 Dr René Fasel   Switzerland 1995
90 Mr Joseph S. Blatter   Switzerland 1999
91 Mr Gian-Franco Kasper   Switzerland 2000
92 Mr Patrick Baumann   Switzerland 2007
93 Mr Samih Moudallal  Syria 1998
94 Mr Nat Indrapana  Thailand 1990
95 Dr Uğur Erdener  Turkey 2008
96 Mr Valeriy Borzov  Ukraine 1994
97 Mr Sergey Bubka  Ukraine 2008
98 HRH Princess Haya bint Al Hussein  United Arab Emirates 2007
99 Ms Anita DeFrantz  United States 1986
100 Mr James Easton  United States 1994
101 Mrs Angela Ruggiero  United States 2010
102 Mr Julio César Maglione  Uruguay 1996
103 Mr Patrick Chamunda  Zambia 2002
104 Ms Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 2013