Best line of the day

Again, I promise: I will post some analysis, anecdotes and other random thoughts from today's meet, at some point on Sunday/Monday and beyond. Right now, I'm too tired to delve into this.

Plus, I want to check out all the New York newspaper sports sections to read about the new Jeter contract! It's quite creative!

Anyway, before doing this, I had to share with you all the best line of the day, uttered innocently enough by Coach Terry Horton as the long day was reaching its conclusion with our multiple, seemingly haphazard but fun 4x400s for men.

Fifth-year senior Conor Shelley -- already sleep deprived from working on his capping project, and whipped from his mile/800 double -- was pressed into duty as a filler leg in a 4x400. Like most guys, Conor was delighted to play sprinter for a little while.

He got all excited when he realized that he decided that he could/would split a 56-second leg. Certainly not a desirable goal. But why 56 seconds? Because the number 56 holds a special place for Conor, since that was the address of that dreadful abomination of an off-campus house -- now rightfully unoccupied and abandoned -- known as "Sunset."

All during his extended warmup in the infield, he was flashing hand signals indicating his desire to run "56." When I explained this whole story to Terry, his simple line made me laugh:

"Geez, I wish he lived at 49 Sunset."

Indeed.