Wagner Seahawk Shootout: See ya, Siegel!

Friday’s meet was a bittersweet, premature ending to the Marist Track career of the inimitable Josh Siegel, who is graduating a semester early and thus forgoing his final semester of eligibility. Josh is one of the more unique athletes to find his way into our program, but he has most definitely made a mark on our sprint crew during his time here. Quite frankly, Josh can come up with some of the most bizarre (and, oftentimes inappropriate) non sequiturs in the history of the spoken word. More than a dozen times, often on the same bus ride, Josh will leave us shaking our head in bewilderment. Where does he come up with this stuff? But all the, uh, uniqueness aside, Josh was a tough athlete for our team over the course of his many track seasons. He overcame Achilles surgery at the beginning of his tenure on the team, and he proved to be a tough and smart racer – several times running rare, negative-split races in the 800 meters. He finished off with a flourish, running a PR time in the 600 and a best split in the 4x400, much to the approval of Coach Horton (Josh is seen here with him, after the races on Friday at Ocean Breeze). It’s a bummer that he has decided to graduate early, but we understand and respect that. And yeah, odd as it is to admit, we’ll miss him. Long may you run, Josh.