All Business

Today was all business for the varsity in more than one way.

First off, it was finally the long awaited and high anticipated Polo to Practice Day. All the guys looked very classy in their nice shirts tucked in and buttoned up (except for the king). Even the picture taken was classy, although a mandatory smile from Scherping made its way into the photo.

As for the run, the boys did a Spoede (I should note that the polo’s were worn the entire length of the practice). WE were accompanied by Rob and Coach Traughber. Rob held the pace for the boys, and we managed to get through the run in around 40 minutes. Along the way, Scherping won his first ever, and last GTTG of the season. Scherping ran a “victory lap”, running ahead of everyone with joy over the fact that it was his first career win. It was a remarkable victory, as all of us put in a guess at the temperature. Hopefully a long winter training program will help him gain many more wins in his GTTG career. There was a pretty competitive game of Spotter. Points were split between kabes, Seiler, and OC. Kabes took victory due to an early Escort-Esqueeze. You could also feel the excitement growing for the state meet throughout the run, which was something special I had never felt before in my running career.
—Bulldog

Best Dressed: Seiler- classy as always. He was a big proponent of Polo to Practice Day since the idea first came around. The idea was inspired by the movie Chariots of Fire. It’s set in the 1920 and everyone ran in what would today be considered dress clothes. Since we’re in the 21st century, Jacob took advantage of the new technologies and wore a drifit polo. He made the classic DeSmet XC polo look darn good.
—Best Dressed by kabes—