Today, Labor Day, we continued a relatively new tradition of having a complete team meeting -- all cross country and track athletes, men and women, distance, sprints and everything in between -- getting together for a few minutes to get to know each other and to hand out team gear for those who had not yet received it. Because XC and track are kind of separated during the fall -- XC runners are in season and practicing off campus almost every day of the week -- this is a good opportunity to get everyone together so that teammates can at least start putting names to faces. I also made Rizz take this photo of the ever growing track/XC coaching staff, a fact that means a lot to me. When Phil and I started this version of the track/xc family back in 1991, it was just the two of us as co-coaches, no assistants, nothing. Now, we can almost fill a minivan. Although Cuesta is no longer on our official staff, he is still very much part of our family and it was important for the current team to meet him as he will occasionally show up at meets and motivate and inspire in his unique way. Past, present, future, all represented here, from left: Coach Chuck, who has been with us as an athlete and coach for more than 20 years, almost the entirety of my 27 years; Cuesta; Coach Erica; Terry Horton, second longest in tenure at a decade, and our newest addition, volunteer graduate assistant coach Nicki Nesi (oh yeah, the idiot in the tube socks between Terry and Nicki is me). Good stuff.
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