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GraduWAKEtion this weekend

The Central Coast Association of Wakeboarders hosts its second annual GraduWAKEtion tournament this weekend, a refreshing option for sports enthusiasts who don’t want to ditch mom on Mother’s Day.

The event will feature an intercollegiate wakeboarding competition, vendor booths and a tri-tip barbeque, among other festivities.

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Cal Poly wins team competition at Wildflower

About 1,000 Cal Poly volunteers watched nearly 7,500 athletes compete with enthusiasm inspired by their remarkable dedication and vigor – or with languor inspired by 80-degree heat and no shade – at this year’s Avia Wildflower Triathlons over the weekend.

The courses sprawled around Lake San Antonio in Bradley, along various roads lining the lake, and including hills that competitors had a hard time with.

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Morel considers pro future

Brent Morel learned the three Rs playing baseball – but not the ones you might think. Thanks to baseball, the Cal Poly junior third baseman has become reliable, rounded and respected, all key to a successful playing career.

For the Mustangs, who have won four straight and completed their first sweep of the season Sunday against UNLV, Morel boasts a .

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Homers lift Mustangs over UC Davis

Krysten Cary wasn’t going to leave anything up to chance. When the sophomore first baseman slid head first into third base at Bob Janssen Field on Sunday afternoon, she set the tone of urgency for her Cal Poly softball team on its way to a much-needed, 4-2 win over UC Davis.

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Track and field team routs Gauchos

The Cal Poly track and field team swept visiting UC Santa Barbara in a dual on Saturday afternoon, with the men’s squad winning 121-79 and the women’s 121-78.

For the men, Tre’dale Tolver ran the second leg of a 4-by- 100-meter relay unit’s victorious 41.

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Wildflower begins this weekend

People have been partying at Wildflower for 26 years, but does everybody know what they’re celebrating?

As one of the largest triathlons worldwide, the Wildflower races, or Avia Wildflower Triathlons, held at Lake San Antonio, draw upward of 7,500 athletes and 30,000 spectators and volunteers annually – including 1,200 volunteers from Cal Poly, according to sponsorship coordinator Colleen Bousman.

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