Long Beach State Athletics

Long Beach State Athletics, även Beach Athletics och The Beach (tidigare Long Beach State 49ers), är en idrottsförening tillhörande California State University, Long Beach och har som uppgift att ansvara för universitetets idrottsutövning. Deras basebollag använder dock informellt namnet Long Beach State Dirtbags sedan 1989, när deras dåvarande tränare Dave Snow beskrev laget som om de vore "dirtbags" i deras fysiska och hårt arbetande spelsätt samt att vara framgångsrika mot de idrottsföreningar som tillhör de mer aktade universiteten och collegen.

Föreningen slutade att använda smeknamnet 49ers 2019. Orsaken var att man inte ville förknippas med guldrushen i Kalifornien, som nådde sin kulmen 1849, eftersom den ledde till svåra lidanden för ursprungsbefolkningen.

Idrotter

Beach Athletics deltar i följande idrotter:

Herrar

Damer

Anläggningar

Idrottsutövare

Pat McCormick.
Mark O'Meara.

Baseboll

Basket

Beachvolleyboll

Friidrott

Golf

Simhopp

Simning

Vattenpolo

Volleyboll

Referenser

  1. ↑ ”Student-athlete development”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/sports/2018/7/31/saac-life-skills-home-html.aspx.
  2. ↑ ”What is Dirtbag baseball?”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/sports/2018/7/31/sports-m-basebl-spec-rel-dirtbagmeaning-html.aspx.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Houston (5 november 2019). ”Long Beach State's new nickname is straight from the Dept. of Redundancy Dept.” (på engelska). Los Angeles Times. Arkiverad från originalet den 10 december 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191210042633/https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-11-05/long-beach-state-nickname. Läst 26 juli 2026.
  4. ↑ Curtis, Charles (21 mars 2024). ”Why Long Beach State's team is known as 'The Beach' and not 49ers” (på engelska). USA Today. Arkiverad från originalet den 26 juli 2026. https://web.archive.org/web/20260726144807/https://ftw-eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2024/03/21/why-long-beach-state-the-beach-nickname-mascot-49ers/80280361007/. Läst 26 juli 2026.
  5. ↑ ”Baseball”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=baseball.
  6. ↑ ”Men's basketball”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=mbball.
  7. 1 2 ”Indoor track”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=itrack.
  8. 1 2 ”Track and field”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=track.
  9. ↑ ”Men's golf”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=mgolf.
  10. 1 2 ”Cross country”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=cross.
  11. ↑ ”Men's water polo”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=mwpolo.
  12. ↑ ”Men's volleyball”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=mvball.
  13. ↑ ”Women's basketball”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=wbball.
  14. ↑ ”Women's beach volleyball”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=wbvball.
  15. ↑ ”Women's soccer”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=wsoc.
  16. ↑ ”Women's golf”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=wgolf.
  17. ↑ ”Softball”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=softball.
  18. ↑ ”Women's tennis”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=wten.
  19. ↑ ”Women's water polo”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=wwpolo.
  20. ↑ ”Women's volleyball”. LongBeachState.com. https://longbeachstate.com/index.aspx?path=wvball.
  21. ↑ ”Tim Shaw wins the Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete to cap two record-breaking seasons in the pool. Los Angeles, Feb. 9, 1976.” (på engelska). Century Club's Greatest Moments. California State University, Long Beach. https://longbeachstate.com/sports/2018/8/1/_trads_centuryclub50_html. Läst 26 juli 2024.
  22. ↑ ”Doug Kimbell” (på engelska). Long Beach State Hall of Fame. California State University, Long Beach. https://longbeachstate.com/honors/hall-of-fame/doug-kimbell/81. Läst 26 juli 2024.

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