You Gotta Believe!

Some the Spartans were in action at SLUH today. The guys who ran in the Hazelwood meet yesterday had a nice easy AE run. Those of us who were at CC Lake had a track workout.

Here is a meet Recap from SLUH:

Today the guys who didn’t run yesterday and won’t run on Saturday got to run in a meet at SLUH. The meet was originally scheduled as a home meet for De Smet but thanks to our fancy track we were not able to be here as it is acting up again. I for one think the track does not get enough attention so it acts out to get people to care about it but that is beyond the point. The meet started off with the 4x8 team running an impressive 3rd place finish against CBC’s varsity team and SLUH’s #2 JV team. Piatchek started the team off with a great 2:21 split followed by Presler with another great split at 2:22. Hapak followed that up with a 2:30 split then Billy the frosh finished with a 2:32 split. Great job guys! The next distance race was the mile. Goetz was the fastest on the De Smet team coming in 6th with a 5:10 time. Then Piatchek again with a 5:32, a PR! I finished about 8 seconds behind with a season PR of 5:40 and Hapak rounded out the JV race with a 5:55 impressive as he was battling an injury and racing about 40 minutes before the mile. In the freshman race Scott Meyer and Dan Rice both finished very well. Finally in the 2 mile the Spartans finished 3, 4, 5. Jimmy Reed finished in 3rd with 11:40 followed by Matt Beers at 11:42 then Patrick Callahan right on his tail with 11:45. That is the way to race boys! Good job all runners!

-Higgybaby

Scherping was back with us today and he was joined by Potter for an intense 800 workout that included a lot of fast 200s. I was by myself running the curse interval workout from last week. And the rest of the guys had a test effort day running 400s. For the most part it was another very good workout. We’re starting to look sharp and ready to run some fast times.

During stretching today it was time to honor a Milk Table tradition—the Birthday Splash! Celebrating was our very own Jacob “Padre the Sailor Man” Seiler. He turned 18 today and Potter got him with the water dump. There a few birthday gifts that can top that. Happy Birthday! Hope you get lots of Cake!

Quote of the Day: “Kevin, Looking smooth like Batman.”- Coach Traughber as I was coming through the start on one of my miles. It was some of the numerous words of encouragement that I got during my solo workout. I really appreciated all of it which came from both sprinters and distance guys; it kept me focus and motivated throughout. You guys rock!

Joke of the Day: “They’re in Bumville.”- Scherping’s response when I asked where were the bums, the workout group since they were done so fast.

Best Dressed: Potter. His new look grabbed a lot of attention today and that made it worth of Best Dressed honors. The new look? Taped wrists. Just like he was some kind of baseball or football player. Many people asked what is was for and the Milk Table has the answer. Alex wore the tape to help him keep his wrists steady while running fast. Above and beyond the wrists Potter also had on a super rare shirt. It was the “D” from a set of shirts spelling DESMET wore at the football semis. Potterman is the man! Tapped wrists for everyone tomorrow.

Title: It’s a catch phrase of Seiler’s and it’s his birthday. Not to mention that he did shout it as encouragement during the workout. And you just gotta believe.