OK! Here we are at the Marriott Courtyard in Baldwin Park, CA, after a long day of travel.
We are out here for the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, CA. Mt. SAC is a meet I have been aware of for many years and we are pleased to be representing Marist Running out here in the California Hills.
We left Poughkeepsie this morning around 9:30 a.m. After the requisite stop at Price Chopper, we had a wet and stressful drive to JFK, checked in and took the endless 6.5-hour flight from JFK to the palm tree-lined Long Beach Airport in California.
It should be noted that this trip was funded in large part -- pretty much 100 percent, actually! -- by the generous donations of Marist Track/XC Alumni. A hearty, hearty THANK YOU and WELL DONE to all of you for your continued support -- now, then, always.
We have the following athletes competing out here:
Women's steeplechase: Brittany Burns
Men's steeplechase: Ken Walshak, Arquimedes DelaCruz
Men's 10,000: Will Griffin
We do miss Matt Flint, who was entered in the men's 5,000 but was scratched due to recent illness issues. Matt is most likely redshirting this outdoor season, but may race unattached at some point soon. Anyway, to Flint ... wish you were here with us, bro!
While we are pleased and thrilled for this opportunity, it is also bittersweet for this old coach as I wish I could be in two places at once in the coming days, as we are hoping for BIG THINGS at the Metro Championships Friday and Saturday at Rutgers.
More updates to come ...
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