Spring break: Bowled over in central New York, part 1

Thanks to Marist Running Alum (and good friend) Mike Melfi for allowing my family to use his house as a home base this past weekend, as my daughter Natalie represented FD Roosevelt High School (and Section 9) at the New York State Bowling Championships at the Oncenter in downtown Syracuse. The Oncenter, a huge convention center, was converted into a bowling alley for this championship and for the upcoming USBC National Championships. It was quite a spectacle. Mike and his family kindly hosted me, my younger son James and after the tournament Natalie and her friend Lindsey (who was an alternate on the Section 9 composite team). It was great to be with folks who are like family, as opposed to in a generic hotel, in snowy central New York (yes, it snowed between Utica and Syracuse on the drive there and back … of course).