2008 Woodie Awards
Team Biohazard; pickles, pizza, and potty talk
Simon Kelly
Issue date: 12/7/07 Section: Sports
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Do you like sports, just not the organization? Do you like to run and skip and jump, just without the shrill sound of referee whistles? Then where were you for the ultimate frisbee tournament? You would have fit right in.
Last weekend the men's division of Guilford's "Biohazard" ultimate frisbee team gave their last hoorah for the fall pre-season, playing game after game in a tournament at UNCG against regional rivals from UNCG, Greensboro Recreation, Radford University and Lenoir Rhyne College.
Coming out of the tournament with a 2-4 record, team Biohazard may not have dominated the competition, but they can at least claim that they came forcefully into contact with the hearts, heads, and funny bones of their opponents.
Of particular note was senior Dan Katzman, the veritable Mr. Personality of the team. With his arsenal of good-natured toilet talk, primal screams, and innovative facial expressions, he embodies the spirit of Biohazard, leaving his foes bewildered and his fans beguiled.
"Yep, I've had this here scrape since the spring of my freshman year," said Katzman on Sunday while examining a recently re-opened sore on his knee. "That's what happens when all you do is play ultimate."
Katzman had been bleeding pretty much non-stop since a certain plunge he took during one of Saturday's games against Radford. But neither his spill, which landed him squarely on his tailbone, nor Biohazard's subsequent loss did anything to dampen the team's spirit. They just kept on playing, running on a combination of pickles, pizza, and mythology-based humor supplied most often by senior Will McKindley-Ward.
"We like to think of Will as the spiritual leader of the team," said senior Josh Lewis, team captain and self-proclaimed admirer of Scipio Africanus.
"We don't really like to look at this game in a competitive light; though," said first-year Rory Smyth. "To us, it's more about some hippies throwing around a disc and having a blast."
Last weekend the men's division of Guilford's "Biohazard" ultimate frisbee team gave their last hoorah for the fall pre-season, playing game after game in a tournament at UNCG against regional rivals from UNCG, Greensboro Recreation, Radford University and Lenoir Rhyne College.
Coming out of the tournament with a 2-4 record, team Biohazard may not have dominated the competition, but they can at least claim that they came forcefully into contact with the hearts, heads, and funny bones of their opponents.
Of particular note was senior Dan Katzman, the veritable Mr. Personality of the team. With his arsenal of good-natured toilet talk, primal screams, and innovative facial expressions, he embodies the spirit of Biohazard, leaving his foes bewildered and his fans beguiled.
"Yep, I've had this here scrape since the spring of my freshman year," said Katzman on Sunday while examining a recently re-opened sore on his knee. "That's what happens when all you do is play ultimate."
Katzman had been bleeding pretty much non-stop since a certain plunge he took during one of Saturday's games against Radford. But neither his spill, which landed him squarely on his tailbone, nor Biohazard's subsequent loss did anything to dampen the team's spirit. They just kept on playing, running on a combination of pickles, pizza, and mythology-based humor supplied most often by senior Will McKindley-Ward.
"We like to think of Will as the spiritual leader of the team," said senior Josh Lewis, team captain and self-proclaimed admirer of Scipio Africanus.
"We don't really like to look at this game in a competitive light; though," said first-year Rory Smyth. "To us, it's more about some hippies throwing around a disc and having a blast."
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