Monday, September 24, 2012

Augustana Meet! Meeting a Legend!

My friend Annie!
This past weekend, the team traveled down to Rock Island Illinois, for a huge cross country meet! There were over fourty schools present, and it was great to get to run against some friends from my home town! This meet was also great because we were lucky enough to not only run on a super fast course, but we also got to meet one of the greatest American distance runners of all time. Frank Shorter, winner of the marathon gold medal in the 1972 olympics, and the owner of one of the best moustaches ever, behind only Rollie Fingers and Wyatt Earp.
Frank Shorter and Steve Prefontaine, two great runners, and two great moustaches
  Needless to say, we were all really motivated by meeting and talking to one of our idols and ran our hearts out! After the meet, we spent some more time together as a team, and we went to the most amazing sandwhich shop ever, before going back to Coe, and calling it a very successful day!


Until the Next Adventure, Ryan Rey


The Whole Team, with Frank Shorter

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