Alumni wedding on a holiday weekend

The joyous occasion was the wedding of Marist Running Alum Bryan Dixon (B-Dix) on Saturday night in Poughkeepsie. How convenient! We have been to many alumni weddings through the years, and God willing we look forward to many more in the near future as well. But attending one just 10 minutes from home is a pure joy. Speaking of pure joy: There is nothing like seeing our former athletes, all grown up and successful and clearly still knowing how to have a GOOD TIME. As you can see in this picture.

For those keeping score at home (and I know you are!), since I was flying solo -- and driving solo – my beverages on this evening were limited to water (early) and coffee (later). My young companions were not so restricted in their choices, and that became more and more apparent as the night wore on. It was so great to catch up with them – reminisce about the old times when they were record-setting runners or just plain good citizens of our program (and, rest assured, they were both), and now to hear all about their grown-up lives. Make no mistake, this is a high achieving group of young men – several lawyers and soon-to-be lawyers; an NYPD detective; a proud, second-generation FDNY; successful coaches and teachers … just plain good guys of whom it is so easy to be proud.

I’m surrounded in the above picture by Marist track brothers for life: Quinn, Bambi, Rolek, Scotty La, Maynes, DJ. The smaller photo is, we believe, the groom riding high on the dance floor with his former teammates whooping it up. It was a great night filled with great people. Love them all.