Midnight Madness: Holy Cross awarded trophy after correction
By KATIE McVOY
Associate Sports Editor
The Saint Mary's athletic department released a correction on Tuesday regarding the winner of the All Sport Championship trophy that was rewarded to LeMans Hall during Midnight Madness on Friday.
After discounting the points from the basketball championship , the department took the trophy away from LeMans and awarded it to Holy Cross Hall.
The department awarded points to LeMans hall after "The Badazzes" competed in and won the intramural basketball championship. However, upon careful examination, it was found that the team was composed of six off-campus students, two LeMans residents, and two McCandless Hall residents.
According to the rules of intramural play, more than 50 percent of a team must be on-campus residents in order to participate. A violation of this rule would disqualify the team. However, the athletic department has claimed the error as its own, allowing "The Badazzes" to remain the intramural basketball champions.
"Our biggest concern was that it was our error and not the students'," athletic director Lynn Kachmarik said.
The athletic department felt, however, that the team did not fairly earn points for either McCandless Hall or LeMans Hall, and therefore no points were rewarded to any hall.
This changed the results of the All Sport Championship. Holy Cross Hall, which held a second-place finish by a margin of one point, is now the intramural All Sport Championship winner by a margin of seven po
Also, in order to further encourage the participation of off-campus students, the intramural program will have a category for off-campus students to participate in.
The athletic department is now focused on presenting the All Sport Championship trophy to Holy Cross Hall in an appropriate manner.
"We want to present [the trophy] to them in a way so they get recognition," Kachmarik said. "We will probably do it at the RA banquet or another affair."
All Sports Stories for Wednesday, March 28, 2001
