Six students from the Department of Exercise Science shared their research with attendees at the annual Southeast Chapter meeting of the American College of Sportsmedicine in Greenville, SC last week.
Fourteen students and faculty from the Department of Exercise Science travelled to Greenville, South Carolina on Feb. 26-29 for the Southeast Chapter meeting of the American College of Sportmedicine (ACSM). ACSM is widely regarded as the premier professional organization for those in exercise science and sportsmedicine, and the southeast chapter is one of its biggest chapters, with attendees from universities and healthcare centers from Florida to Alabama to Virginia.
The students attending the meeting had access to a wide variety of symposia and tutorials, and they presented their research orally and in posters. Elon student research topics ranged from the impact of high-intensity interval training on body composition to menstrual cycle-based periodized training.
Grayce Bechtel ’28 presented her research as a thematic poster requiring her to orally summarize her study and then face questions from the attending group,.
“This was my first Southeast ACSM conference, and it added immensely to my undergraduate research experience,” said Bechtel. “I enjoyed sharing my research with an academic audience and learning about research studies happening at other universities”.
Student Adam Reisman, who presented a poster, said that he enjoyed the input from students and faculty on his research, giving him some ideas for further questions to pursue, and reinforcing the value of the work he has already completed.
“I am incredibly proud of our undergraduate exercise science students for their outstanding presentations at the SEACSM Annual Meeting,” said Tich Madzima, department chair. “Their dedication to scientific inquiry, professionalism and passion for advancing exercise science was on full display, and they represented our department with excellence. Colleagues at other institutions were very impressed with our students as always, particularly with second-year Scout Winter who gave an excellent podium presentation.”