• The building will be closed from Saturday, May 11 – Monday, June 3.
• Beginning June 3, the building hours will be Monday – Friday, 10 am – 10 pm; the pool will be open from 11:30 am – 2 pm and from 6 – 9 pm.

Please note that the building and pool hours are subject to change during school breaks, holidays and special events. Please contact the Keating Sports Center with any general questions at 312.567.3242.

Please note that the building and pool hours are subject to change during school breaks, holidays and special events. Please contact the Keating Sports Center front desk for general questions at 312.567.7130.

Galindo plans to repeat her coaching success in building a new lacrosse program at Robert Morris University. In the past two seasons, she built RMU from a 3-10 record her first year to a 14-4 finish last season. Galindo also led her team to a perfect 6-0 conference record for the programs first-ever conference championship and a berth to their first National Women’s Lacrosse League Playoff (NWLL). In the post-season, Galindo was named NWLL Coach of the Year and coached seven players who received All-Conference awards. Nationally, two of her players were named All-American.

Galindo graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a teacher certification. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree at Concordia University. She played lacrosse at the high school level at St. Charles East High in St. Charles, Ill., as a founding member of their women’s lacrosse team. She was a captain of the first varsity team and was team MVP. She finished her career as the state’s leading scorer and was selected to the All-Conference and honorable mention All-State teams.

When not in season, Galindo coaches with the Cool Stick U17 National Travel Team and is a lacrosse official.

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IIT Varsity Volleyball will host a high school summer camp July 22 – 25, 2013 in Keating Sports Center.

The camp is open to all high school students (incoming freshman through seniors) and will be held from 8 – 11 am. The cost is $100 before Saturday, June 1 and $125 after June 1. To register, please download and complete the camp registration form and return with payment to Coach Jacqui Gatt (jgatt@iit.edu) at the address listed in the brochure.

Interested women must be full-time undergraduate students at IIT.

The tryout will consist of an 11 v. 11 scrimmage versus the varsity team. Interested men must be full-time undergraduate students at Illinois Tech. If you are a visiting student or graduate student that did not attend Illinois Tech for your undergraduate degree, you are not eligible to play on the varsity team.

Sign up today as space is limited to 20 participants!

Ahmet Kose has been named the head women’s soccer coach and assistant sports information director for Illinois Tech Athletics, Director of Athletics Enzley Mitchell IV announced this week. Kose comes to Chicago from New Jersey where he was the head women’s soccer coach at College of Saint Elizabeth for the past 4 seasons. He also has extensive experience at the high school and youth level having coached and trained many club teams in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

“I am extremely excited to welcome Ahmet to the Scarlet Hawk family. Coach Kose has all of the qualities we were looking for in our next women’s soccer coach and I’m looking forward to next season,” said Mitchell.

Kose was a 4-year starter and First Team All-Conference player for DII East Stroudsburg University from 1998-2001. In 2000, he helped lead his team to the DII Final Four and the team finished the season ranked number 3 in the country. Kose was also named the most valuable player in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference playoffs in 2001. He recently played with the Pocono Snow of the NPSL.

Kose received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from East Stroudsburg in 2003. He then returned in 2009 and earned his master’s in sport management. He is USSF licensed and has his national diploma from NSCAA.

Kose began his coaching and administrative duties at IIT on March 11.

Building and Pool hours are subject to change during school breaks, holidays and special events.

Please contact the Keating Sports Center front desk for general questions at 312.567.7130.

They won the meet, held February 13–16 at Coe College, with a final score of 702; the women’s team placed 7th out of 12 with 141 points and only four female swimmers. Senior Eric Grunden had a phenomenal meet with first-place finishes in all of his individual events and placed on every relay. For this, he received the Men’s Swimmer of the Meet Award. Also recognized was diving coach Ryan Nelson, who was awarded the Men’s Diving Coach of the Meet Award.

Thursday started out strong with a second-place finish by the men’s 200 free relay in the finals. Nicole Frantz won the consolation heat, finishing ninth overall. Right behind her was Abby Maze, who finished 11th in the finals heat.  On the men’s side, Kevin Boldt finished in sixth place with a personal best. In the 200 IM, Aimee Dewante dropped five seconds in finals and finished second. Eric Grunden won the men’s 200 IM while Felipe Bergh got fourth with a season best, followed closely by Arya Mohaimani finishing fifth. Max Ramminger won the 50-free and Billy Bafia jumped five places from 15th place to 10th place. Thursday ended with an exciting 400-medley relay by the men, who ended up winning by just half a second. Diver Ian McNair also won the conference title on the one-meter board with a final score of 482.35.

Friday night kicked off with another first-place finish by our men’s 200-medley relay. Shortly after, Mohaimani and Bergh finished first and second in the 400-IM, respectively. Michael Bodzay continued the winning trend with a first-place finish in the 100-fly after a close race. In the 200-free, Maze dropped four seconds, earning herself a seventh-place finish; Frantz finished 12th. Yoni Pruzansky had a great 200-free swim, winning the event after a season best time as Boldt finished seventh. Continuing on into the night, Grunden picked up another first-place medal in the 100-breast, with Ramminger finishing third and Bafia finishing fourth. The night ended with an incredibly close race by the men’s 800-relay team, which won by just .04 seconds. McNair also had another great night on the three-meter board, finishing second with a final score of 456.45.

The last day was especially intense, because the Scarlet Hawks went into it only leading by 7 points. Three brave souls attempted the men’s 1,650 and all had incredible swims. Bodzay finished third with Boldt right behind him in fifth. Michael Dobben dropped almost a whole minute and ended up with ninth place. Mohaimani continued the trend with a 10-second drop in the 200-back and ended up getting third in finals. Ramminger won the 100-free and Pruzansky finished fourth. Grunden won the 200-breast with a season best time and Bafia had a third place finish. The 200-fly was flooded with Scarlet Hawks with Dewante on the women’s side, who received third; Bodzay, who won on men’s side; Bergh, who finished third; and Tanner Grieve, who just barely missed his national cut but still finished fifth. The meet ended with an invigorating second-place finish by the men’s 400-free relay.

The meet was very fast and very exciting. The Scarlet Hawks picked up several new national qualifiers and sent 13 swimmers and one diver to Oklahoma City on for the NAIA National Championships. The 2013 Swimming and Diving National Team consists of Aimee Dewante, Abby Maze, Nicole Frantz, Maria Behrens, Eric Grunden, Max Ramminger, Michael Bodzay, Kevin Boldt, Yoni Pruzansky, Felipe Bergh, Arya Mohaimani, Billy Bafia, Matt Rosenfeld and Ian McNair.