Top Ten Best Places to Go Swimming This Spring

The top 10 places in the Austin area to go swimming this spring.

Game raises disability awareness

Air-ball after air-ball, blister after blister, St. Edward’s University faculty, staff and students realized the challenges that come with playing basketball in a wheelchair. But swish after swish, fast break after fast break, the Austin Rec’ers proved that playing basketball in a wheelchair is a skill, not a stigma. The St. Edward’s Disability Committee organized an exhibition game in the Recreation and Convocation Center Feb. 25.  A team of St. Edward’s volunteers played the Rec’ers, a local wheelchair basketball team that competes nationally.

Griner’s suspension fails to pack a punch

BENCH WARMING

Baylor University’s 6-foot-8-inch freshman women’s basketball star Brittney Griner’s short but All-American career has been dealt a black eye for punching Texas Tech University’s Jordan Barncastle in a Big 12 Conference game. Griner’s haymaker landed on Barncastle’s nose during the second half of their second meeting of the season. The punch, prompted by a hard foul by Barncastle, left Barncastle with a broken nose and Griner with a two-game suspension.