Faces of LIFE: Liberty Benitez
As a freshman student-athlete on the Life U Women’s Rugby team, Liberty Benitez felt that sense of closeness and camaraderie as she began her first collegiate season. During training, the new players began practicing a few weeks before returning players, so it helped give newbies time to work more closely with Head Coach Ryszard Chadwick while also getting the chance to learn from upperclassmen players as they headed into the 2023-2024 15s season.
Faces of LIFE: Coach Ryszard “Rys” Chadwick
Ryszard “Rys” Chadwick is the Head Coach of the Women’s Rugby Program at Life University. He joined Life U in August 2022 and has since been an influential figure in the program.
Faces of LIFE: Madelyn Jennings
M.S. in Sport Health Science student, Life U Women’s Rugby player. “Always part of a team”. Just a hop, skip and jump away from New Orleans sits Slidell, Louisiana, the cozy home of Madelyn Jennings. Jennings and her sister Gabrielle grew up on a steady stream of sports, with many of their classmates filling out multiple team rosters due to the lack of numbers in their tiny school. Their parents encouraged them “to pursue new sports and try new things.”
Faces of LIFE: Rebekah Salisbury
Salisbury’s passion for the sport of rugby and her own trajectory as an athlete fuels her as she represents the Life U Running Eagles on the Women’s Rugby team at the University.
LIFE UNIVERSITY TO KICKOFF FALL ATHLETIC SEASON WITH ANNUAL ATHLETIC FESTIVAL ON FINAL DAY OF SEPTEMBER
August 14, 2023 – Marietta, Georgia – As a part of Life Vision Extravaganza, Life University (Life U) will be hosting its annual athletic festival at Lupo Family Field on Saturday, September 30 starting at 6:30 p.m.
Rugby History at Life University and Beyond, With Coach Colton Cariaga -Podcast
Coach Colton Cariaga, Life U Men’s Rugby Coach, gives a crash course on the origins of Rugby as a whole, the origins of Rugby at Life U and a look at the future of the sport as a professional entity
LIFE UNIVERSITY MEN’S & WOMEN’S RUGBY 7s TEAMS CLAIM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT USA RUGBY 7s COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Houston, Texas– May 9, 2023 – Life University’s Men’s & Women’s Rugby 7s teams claimed National Championships at the USA Rugby 7s Collegiate Championships last weekend.
Faces of LIFE- Mariah Wenglewski
D.C. student, Secretary for International Chiropractic Pediatric Association Mariah Wenglewski is from Knoxville, Tennessee. She studied Exercise Science at Lindenwood University, located in St. Charles, Missouri. While at Lindenwood, Wengleski played soccer and rugby, predictably dealing with sports injuries as part of that. Her then-boyfriend…
My First Quarter- Jenna Salyer
The best advice is to talk to people. Don’t be afraid to meet everybody. Don’t think that you are the only one thinking ‘Oh, I don’t know anybody. I don’t know anything.’ Because everybody is feeling the same way. It really is true that it’s not just you. If you get up the courage to talk to somebody, it will make you feel so much better.
Faces of LIFE- Khyle Mingo
Khyle Mingo and his six siblings grew up in the coastal town of Milford, Connecticut. Mingo has the notable distinction of being the oldest boy, with only one sister older than him. His family lived in Connecticut until he was 16 before moving to Charleston, South Carolina. After high school, Mingo earned two bachelor’s degrees from Coastal Carolina University, one in Science and one in Public Health.
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