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WOLF PACK MEN’S BASKETBALL TO HOLD TWO DAY CAMPS THIS SUMMER

RENO, Nev.– The Wolf Pack men’s basketball staff will hold the two boys basketball day camps this summer with first one set for June 22-25 at the Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows.

Nevada will hold its second summer camp Aug. 3-6, also at the Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows. The camps run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day and cost $170 per child.

Open to boys entering grades 3-8, the Wolf Pack Summer Boys Basketball Camps are designed to provide instruction based on ability and skill level and will be taught by the Nevada coaching staff.

Nevada will also hold a team camp for junior varsity and varsity teams June 26-28.

Camp registration forms are available online at www.nevadawolfpack.com, while more information about the Wolf Pack basketball camps is available by calling the university’s Extended Studies office at (775)682-7554.

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Reviglio Way To Go Award (November) - Bryan Tibaduiza, Galena

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On the Run
By U. Earl Dunn

He is the last in the line of succession as a member of Northern Nevada’s royal family of distance runners and has set his sights on repeating as the state’s premier cross country champion this month. But for 17-year-old Bryan Tibaduiza, the icing on the cake for the Galena High School senior would be an invitation to the prestigious Footlocker Cross Country nationals to be held in San Diego in December.

He needs to place high at the regionals on December 6th in order to make the nationals where the top 32 times in the country get the invitation,” says his high school coach, Domingo Tibaduiza. Domingo, himself a four-time Olympic distance runner, is also Bryan’s father.

“My goal,” says Bryan, “is to win state again this month, then hopefully do well enough to make nationals.” The 5-7, 128 pound student-athlete lives to run, something his two older brothers and sister have done well in years passed. He trains daily, averaging between 75 and 80 miles each week. Earlier this season, he broke the Reed Invitational 5K (3.1 miles) record by nearly 15 seconds, some 37 seconds ahead of the second place finisher.

“I guess I began to run seriously when I was about 11 years old,” Tibaduiza says. When asked if it was difficult being coached by his father, he deflects such talk. “I think of it as an advantage having my father as my high school coach. I live with him and he gives me advice all the time. I don’t know what it would be like to have someone else as my coach. He’s been there and knows what it takes to succeed.”

Tibaduiza is also a good student carrying a 3.2 grade point average. College is definitely in his future plans although he hasn’t received any firm scholarship offers. “There are several schools that have expressed interest,” he says. “We’ve been talking to a few coaches and something will happen. I will definitely go to a good program.”

At Galena, Tibaduiza says his favorite classes are government and history. When he does choose a college, he says he will likely major in business. But first comes the state cross country championships. “My goal is to win state. I won state as a sophomore running the 2 mile, then last year as a junior, I won cross country. I think I’m a better 2 miler but I also like cross country,” he says.

Asked about his life away from running, Tibaduiza says he is a typical high school kid. “I like to hang out with my friends, watch TV or play 360 like everybody else,” he says. “I even hit some of the fast food places once in awhile.” But when it comes to a dietary regimen, he says he defers to his mother.

“She knows how to cook for distance runners because she’s done it for years,” he says. “Lots of carbs and protein.”

Should Bryan Tibaduiza make it to the Footlocker Cross Country nationals in San Diego on December 13, he would be only the second runner from Northern Nevada to ever do so.

The other successful runner was also named Bryan—Bryan Carroll from Carson City who finished sixth in 1981. Perhaps that is a good omen for the Tibaduiza family.

Way to go, Bryan!

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