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October 12, 2001 Fairleigh
Dickinson’s Ethan Zohn Survives Episode One of Survivor Africa TEANECK,
N.J. –
Fairleigh
Dickinson University assistant men’s and women’s soccer coach Ethan
Zohn has survived episode one of the CBS prime time reality TV show,
“Survivor Africa”, and advanced to the second episode in pursuit of the
grand prize of $1,000,000. Zohn,
a member of the Boran tribe in the show, was featured several times discussing
what was going on within his group. He
was one of six to vote for the first cast member, Diane, to be booted off the
show. “I
can’t believe he’s on Survivor,” said Knights’ head women’s soccer
coach Pete Gaglioti. “I work
side-by-side with him and there he is on Survivor.” On
day one the two tribes, the Boran and the Samburu, were dropped off in the Shaba
National Reserve in Kenya. The
groups split and were left to find their respective campsites.
By day two both tribes had reached the point of dehydration and their
first tasks were to find water and start a fire to boil it.
The Samburu tribe was successful in starting the fire, as they were
resourceful enough to use a piece of a telescope to generate a spark from the
sun. Zohn’s tribe was not
as resourceful and spent the second day and night with being able to
decontaminate the water they had gathered. While
at the camp the Boran tribe took a break for a small ration of food, in this
case a can of cherries. Each tribe
member was allotted one cherry from the can, but Clarence, a basketball coach,
was suspected of taking an extra one and caused some ill sentiments just two
days into the expedition. At
the end of day two the two tribes faced their first challenge of the trip, a
contest in which each tribe was to push a heavy wooden cart across a long trail,
along the way lighting three fires. The
winner of the race would get another night of fire as well as the first
important Immunity Idol and a cart to transport necessities.
The Boran tribe leaped out to an early lead as Zohn successfully
lit the first flame before his counterpart and teammate Clarence lit the second
flame. The team stumbled, however
after the second flame and the Samburu tribe recovered to take the lead, light
the final flame and cross the finish line first. “He
used his goalkeeping techniques on that stumble,” joked Gaglioti.
“Seriously though, it’s got to be tough to drag that heavy cart over
those paths and sand.” On
day three and exhausted and dehydrated Boran tribe went to the watering hole
without Diane, who was very sick, and Clarence who stayed back to care for
Diane. While gone, the other six members of the tribe suspected that
the pair may have opened some of the small rations of food and upon their return
their suspicions were confirmed, leaving more ill sentiment throughout the
group. The
loss in the first challenge for Zohn’s tribe resulted in another night
without fire or clean water, but even more importantly it meant his tribe lost
the Immunity Idol, which forced them to vote one of their own members off the
reserve. The first three days’
activities made it clear as to whom the front-runners would be to receive to
first rejection from the reserve as Dianne received six votes and Clarence got
two. Zohn, who voted for
Dianne, said, “My vote is for Diane. She is by far the weakest person on our team right now.
Her challenge killed us. I’m
not forgetting about what Clarence did, but look, he’s a big strong guy and we
need him for the next little bit to help us get some challenges won.” Preview scenes from episode two were brief, highlighting a “Boys vs. Girls” battle in the Boran tribe and a case of mistrust among the Samburu tribe regarding Silas and his alliances. Viewers can tune in for episode two of “Survivor Africa,” next Thursday, October 18, at 8:00 p.m. on CBS. CBS
Episode One Story (click
here)
About
Ethan Zohn The
Lexington, Massachusetts native currently resides in New York City.
He is a 1996 graduate of Vassar College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Biology. Zohn has also
played professional soccer as a goalkeeper for the Highlanders Football Club in
Zimbabwe, the Cape Cod Crusaders and the Hawaii Tsunami.
In 1997 and 2001, he was a member of the U.S. National Maccabiah Team. When
Zohn isn’t on the bench for the Knights or in net for a professional
team, Zohn is an (aspiring) inventor who has done freelance work since
1999 as a brand name strategist/developer, responsible for creating names for
newly invented products. The
27-year old is a vegetarian who has two brothers, Lenard and Lee. About
Survivor Africa
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Fairleigh Dickinson assistant soccer coach Ethan Zohn survived the first vote on "Survivor Africa." Survivor
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