Athletes in Action Team Blog

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  • May 19, 2013

    Spain Tour Day 1

    We are wrapping up our first day in Madrid while eating dinner at the Nuevo Boston Hotel.  We spent most of the day in the airport getting to know each other and waiting until 15 minutes after our gate closed in London to finally board the plane. We cut it close but God prevailed. Our first practice went very well. The players chemistry grew tremendously from the airport to the court. They guys were talking, complemeting and holding each other accountable in a positive way.  We got our first taste of Spanish culture as well as a language barrier while taking the city bus home from the gym to the hotel. The guys had a great time trying to speak the language with the passengers. It was a great start to a day and we will carry this momentum to the Gran Canary.

  • May 19, 2013

    Spain Basketball Tour Begins

    The 2013 Athletes in Action basketball tour to Spain begins tomorrow.  Four of us are in Houston already, but the rest arrive by plane throughout the day tomorrow.  From May 18th-June 2nd you can get daily updates about our basketball tour from this blog.  We will be sending updates, game scores, stats, videos and picture for parents, family and friends to follow the team as we tour Spain and the Canary Islands.  All the blogs and photos/videos will be linked to AIA Basketball's twitter and facebook page also.

    ROSTER

    Gabe Knutson - C - Lehigh

    Rico Gathers - PF/C - Baylor

    Brandon Edwards - PF - UTA

    Brendan Cooper - PF - Fairmont State

    Taurean Waller-Prince - SF - Baylor

    Raphiael Putney - SG/SF - UMass

    Scottie Haralson - SG - Tulsa

    Jamel Morris - SG - Glenville State

    Reger Dowell - PG - UTA

    Chaz Williams - PG - UMass

    Milen Kostov - PG/SG - Bulgaria

    Pray that the guys get to Houston safely and our blog will begin tomorrow evening as our trip begins.

  • May 17, 2013

    John Peterson International Tournament

    AIA Wrestling is in its 5th year of hosting the John Peterson International Tournament in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia. We will have over 20 Mongolian wrestling clubs as well as 2 Russian and 1 East Asian clubs in attendance this year. From there we will travel to a week long multi-national trainign camp with the top 4 Mongolians at each weight as well as the 3 other clubs. We will have about 110 wrestlers and coaches as well as our team at the camp.