In the last week, the Men and Women’s Cross Country teams were both victorious at the Penn-State Harrisburg Invitational, the Women’s Volleyball team continued their winning streak, the Men and Women’s soccer team had draws in their games, Alex Philo got 88 points in golf (a career low for her), and Ryan Salomon was victorious at No. 3 singles in tennis.
As a McDaniel Athlete, I’m proud of how well the other athletes are doing on campus. Are we perfect? No, but we’re a determined bunch of hardworking students intent on improving ourselves in our games (or meets or matches) and succeeding academically, as well. Balancing athletics and academics is always something that needs continuous practice and planning to be done successfully, and it’s amazing that so many McDaniel student-athletes are able to meet their goals.
Personally, I’m a member of the Women’s Cross Country and Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Teams, but I focus on Track. Therefore, I’m excited that fall break is next weekend, which means winter sports get to start and I get to have my track practices and start training for the things I really want to do: pole vault and throw.
I’m excited that the basketball teams get to be back on the court playing their hearts out, the swimmers get to be back in the pool seeing how fast and far they can swim, the wrestlers get to be back on the mat, and fall athletes are coming up to the last weeks of their seasons, when they get to see how far into playoffs they can get and how much they can push themselves to be better.
McDaniel Athletics is a small but proud population on campus, and we really appreciate the strong support given to each other by other McDaniel students.
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