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Sunday, October 28, 2012
XC MAC Championships!
Saturday morning I found myself at an unfamiliar event: a Cross Country meet. I had never been to a Cross Country race in my entire life up until this past Saturday, and it made a lasting impression on me... Running is a sport where most people think about the sun, the warm air racing over their face as they lightly glide across the ground at a leisurely pace and enjoying the view. At the XC MAC Championships it was nothing but the opposite of what I expected! There was NO sun, NO warm air, and the ground was soaked; making the track very challenging for the runners. As the runners came storming out of the gate and racing for initial position in the lead pack, I was standing on the sidelines with many crazed UB fans thinking to myself, how do they do that?!? How do they run so fast and not get tired, like...ever!
The Women's race was first, our ladies did very well, finishing in 7th place. They fought very hard till the end, and to see the Bulls Pride and Spirit that was shown by our Student-Athletes was an awesome scene! As the Bulls crossed the finish line one at a time the fans from UB went crazy yelling positive things at our racers, encouraging them to push through to the end!
Up next was the Men's portion of the MAC championship. Our Men finished 5th in the Championship, with 3 All MAC performers. The MAC honored Mike Pressler with All-MAC First Team, while Zach Ahart and Zach Krause were All-MAC Second team. The fans were just as crazy as they were for the Women's portion of the event and rallied our Men runners through the finish line.
In both events, I found myself screaming at the top of my lungs, encouraging our runners to move as fast as they could in order to finish more quickly, (I'm not sure me yelling like that did anything, but it felt good and we did seem to pull ahead a few places at the end, so maybe it did work! Who knows?!).
Although the race day was cold and wet and my socks were soaked! I found it to be an extremely fun and exhilarating event to attend this Fall in the Buffalo region.
A HUGE thank you to the support from all our Student-Athletes that attended, but an even BIGGER thanks to Rowing and Softball whose attendance was off the charts!!!
The Women's race was first, our ladies did very well, finishing in 7th place. They fought very hard till the end, and to see the Bulls Pride and Spirit that was shown by our Student-Athletes was an awesome scene! As the Bulls crossed the finish line one at a time the fans from UB went crazy yelling positive things at our racers, encouraging them to push through to the end!
Up next was the Men's portion of the MAC championship. Our Men finished 5th in the Championship, with 3 All MAC performers. The MAC honored Mike Pressler with All-MAC First Team, while Zach Ahart and Zach Krause were All-MAC Second team. The fans were just as crazy as they were for the Women's portion of the event and rallied our Men runners through the finish line.
In both events, I found myself screaming at the top of my lungs, encouraging our runners to move as fast as they could in order to finish more quickly, (I'm not sure me yelling like that did anything, but it felt good and we did seem to pull ahead a few places at the end, so maybe it did work! Who knows?!).
Although the race day was cold and wet and my socks were soaked! I found it to be an extremely fun and exhilarating event to attend this Fall in the Buffalo region.
A HUGE thank you to the support from all our Student-Athletes that attended, but an even BIGGER thanks to Rowing and Softball whose attendance was off the charts!!!
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