RECognition: Chloe Vitali, Fitness & Yoga Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director When the world starts spinning a little too quickly, Chloe Vitali knows exactly how to slow it down. “Fitness classes (both taking and teaching them with Recreation) have this amazing benefit where I get to […]
RECognition: Machaela Ouyang, Fitness & Yoga
RECognition: Machaela Ouyang, Fitness & Yoga Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director Machaela Ouyang lives to explore. From earthy wonders such as waterfall hikes and abandoned mining caves to a scenic, graffiti-covered overlook above Los Angeles, Machaela is always looking for her next adventure. “I’d love to […]
RECognition: Emily Wu, Fitness & Yoga
RECognition: Emily Wu, Fitness & Yoga Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director Years from now, when Emily Wu thinks back on her time working for UC San Diego Recreation, one memory will likely spring right to mind. “It would have to be the team retreat that I […]
Consistency, Camaraderie, and Comedy: Men’s Club Water Polo Team’s Unique Path to Three-Peat
Consistency, Camaraderie, and Comedy: Men’s Club Water Polo Team’s Unique Path to Historic Three-Peat By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director When Bryce Elsner transferred to UC San Diego prior to the 2022 season, he had no idea what he was walking — or swimming — into. Seeking a close-to-home school to continue his lifelong […]
Too Busy to Track? Improve Your Nutrition by Monitoring These 3 Essential Nutrients
Too Busy to Track? Improve Your Nutrition by Monitoring These 3 Essential Nutrients A minimalist approach of monitoring only fiber, added sugar, and protein can reduce the strain of micromanaging every nutrient when trying to improve your eating as a busy college student By Brandon Hyatt, MS, CSCS Master Personal Trainer With Elizabeth von […]
RECongition: Emma Hargreaves, REC Experience
RECognition: Emma Hargreaves, Recreation Experience Recreation’s monthly series to highlight our fabulous staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director It’s safe to say that Emma Hargreaves is a big fan of rock. Rock climbing, rock music — all of it. In fact, if she could pick one superpower, it would be the ability to […]
RECognition: Nathaniel Grant, Recreation Experience
RECognition: Nathaniel Grant, Recreation Experience Recreation’s monthly series to highlight our fabulous staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director Nathaniel Grant is well known for being fast. As a sprinter on the UCSD Track & Field team, he holds personal records of 10.89 seconds in the 100 meters and 22.33 seconds in the 200 […]
RECognition: Matthew Risley, Recreation Experience
RECognition: Matthew Risley, Recreation Experience Recreation’s monthly series to highlight our fabulous staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director When incoming Facility Supervisors in Recreation Experience glean info about their new gigs from the how-to manuals, Matthew Risley will be able to take some small credit for that. “Matthew has been integral to our […]
FitStop: Free Fitness Analysis
FitStop: Free Fitness Analysis FitStops will resume at the start of Winter Quarter in two locations in RIMAC: the main lobby for movement screenings and an Activity Room for strength and cardiovascular tests. FitStop takes less than 15 minutes to complete. Stop by for your free fitness analysis on these dates and times: Monday: […]