I Found One!

With the Ladue Meet cancelled on Saturday Coach Traughber had to have a handful of meetings with groups of guys to go over the new plan he came up with over the weekend. Most of the guys who were scheduled to race at Ladue will be racing tomorrow at Vianney. “The Pack” minus the Bulldog will be running the 4xMile (Waller, Matt OC, Martini, and Seiler). The sophomore duo of Glen McGann and Justin Potter, who pretty much tied in the 2 mile last week, will be running the mile. And seniors Abernathy and Goetz will be in the 2 mile.

As for practice, the guys racing tomorrow had a nice easy Greaser. The hot topic of course was the Good Friday storms. We got the rundown off all the craziness from our Bridgeton resident, Seiler. J Potter won GTTG guessing correct with 65 degrees.

Anyone who’s name was not mentioned above was on the track with coach for a workout. These guys had 800 repeats at 2 mile pace which can be a pretty tough workout especially near the end. But that’s the point, you have to stay on pace despite being tired just like the last part of races. Del Rosso, Callahan, and Sullivan were leading the way and all looked very strong running the whole thing on pace.

After stretching and getting chocolate milk, we had some Easter Monday fun. A team Easter Egg Hunt. The rules were simple: each senior had a team and there were eggs containing quarters, dimes, and nickels hidden within the stadium. Whichever team got the most money would win a prize.
Seniors quickly grabbed underclassmen to form their teams and toed the line at the door to the stadium. Having hid the eggs, I was not participating in the hunt. “Runners take your marks. Get set. Go!” and everyone ran off to all parts of the stadium in search for eggs and glory. After 10 minutes of egg hunting, everyone gathered back up and counted eggs. We were 4 eggs short. Knowing the prize was still up for grabs everyone headed back out. Higgins found the toughest egg with the help of some “hot and cold” hits. Scherping, who hadn’t found any eggs, found two of the final 4. More amazingly he found the one that was hid in our hiding spot from our April Fool’s Day joke and he was the only one not there. I found the last egg when counting and cleaning up the eggs afterwards. It was hidden in the tall bush just to the left of the main door to the track.

Finding 5 of 10 quarters, Team Potter brought home the most money with $1.45. Team Seiler found the most eggs—10. Both teams were awarded a bag of gummy bears for their tremendous achievements. Lots of fun! And to T-bone’s liking, no one got hit with any baseballs. Woo!

Quote of the Day: Kabes- “We’re having an optional team Easter Egg Hunt after practice. It’s going to be aweome.” Seiler- “And by optional he means mandatory.”

Joke of the Day: “We’re trying out some sprinters in the 2 mile.”- Coach Traughber when he was going through lineups. The whole team stared at him for a moment, confused. Someone spoke up, and coach said he meant the 800.

Best Dressed: For his dashing good looks and creative genius kabes gets today’s best dressed. He didn’t let the dreary weather dampen his Easter spirit as he wore light blue shorts and s yellow shirt. To top it off he had on a brand new white running hat that he had just received as a gift. The yellow shirt was the meet shirt from the 2007 Midwest Jesuit Invitational. For the first time we had both the correct print (yellow) and the misprint (teal) at the same practice. Wild!

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