[portfolio_slideshow id=7801] By JOHN GORALSKI EDITOR It almost seems like a cruel joke to see members of the indoor track team shivering in small groups as they trudge outdoors for preseason practice. It looks like disorderly confusion as they break into smaller groups and gravitate toward different sections of the outdoor facility. But if you look closer, there appears to be rhythm and order underlying all of it. The distance and mid-distance runners gravitate toward the front entrance where one of the head coaches, Dan Dachelet, barks out orders to his former cross country runners in puffs of wintry mist. The other head coach, Connor Green, works in tandem with the spring track coach, Colleen Roarty, as they bounce between groups of sprinters, throwers, and jumpers like a pair of ping pong balls in a lottery hopper. The workouts are doled out with perfect precision. The athletes throw themselves into their training, and it doesn’t take long to notice that the team with no practice facility has a purpose like never before. Excitement is brewing as the Blue Knight indoor track teams set out to prove that the winter season is as legitimate as any other. “Our goal from the […]
[portfolio_slideshow id=7801] By JOHN GORALSKI EDITOR It almost seems like a cruel joke to see members of the indoor track team shivering in small groups as they trudge outdoors for preseason practice. It looks like disorderly confusion as they break into smaller groups and gravitate toward different sections of the outdoor facility. But if you look closer, there appears to be rhythm and order underlying all of it. The distance and mid-distance runners gravitate toward the front entrance where one of the head coaches, Dan Dachelet, barks out orders to his former cross country runners in puffs of wintry mist. The other head coach, Connor Green, works in tandem with the spring track coach, Colleen Roarty, as they bounce between groups of sprinters, throwers, and jumpers like a pair of ping pong balls in a lottery hopper. The workouts are doled out with perfect precision. The athletes throw themselves into their training, and it doesn’t take long to notice that the team with no practice facility has a purpose like never before. Excitement is brewing as the Blue Knight indoor track teams set out to prove that the winter season is as legitimate as any other. “Our goal from the […]