Prof Timeout

Each week Sports Editor Erin Tideman sits down with a Rowan athlete to ask them various questions. The athlete in this week’s hotseat is senior swimmer and captain Kevin Ovalle.

Q: If Rowan wasn’t brown and gold, what colors would it be?
A: We wouldn’t have any colors.

Q: Where is the last place you traveled?
A: New York for a swim meet.

Q: Favorite time of year and why?
A: The summer because I hate cold weather.

Q: What is the worst injury you’ve ever had?
A: Hyperextended my knee snowboarding my senior year of high school.

Q: Most expensive book you had to buy for a class?
A: I don’t remember, probably my exercise physiology or anatomy books.

Q: Favorite childhood TV show?
A: Ninja Turtles.

Q: Chuck Norris is sitting next to you on a plane. What do you do?
A: Shave his beard while he is sleeping.

Q: One thing no one knows about you?
A: I’m a better writer than Billy Stewart.

Q: The last three things you did today?
A: Ate lunch, went to the gym, and filled out this thing.

Q: First thing that comes to mind when you hear the word …

Orange?
A: Banana.

Pool?
A: Blah.

Snack?
A: Pack.

Q: Favorite musician?
A: LCD Soundsystem.

Q: Favorite movie quote?
A: “There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me: only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable … I simply am not there.”

Q: If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A: Chicken parmesan sandwich from Cincontes.

Q: Person on your team most like you?
A: Aileen Milde. We are basically two of a kind.