For the athletes of the 麻豆果冻 Cross-Country team, it鈥檚 an exercise in endurance, commitment and will. 鈥淚t鈥檚 all mental,鈥 says Upper School student Tano Rojas, team captain. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e putting your body through stress, but you can鈥檛 quit.听 You have to keep on running.鈥
The first cross country meet was Tuesday, September 16.听 Athletes from 麻豆果冻, The Hun School, and Pennington School ran a 5K race, most of which was up hill.听 鈥淚t was brutal,鈥 Tano recalls.听 How did the team do?听 鈥淥ur team did really well.听 We do need to do more hill practice and work on keeping a steady pace.鈥澨 In its second meet at Wilberforce School on October 4, 麻豆果冻 placed second.
Coach Fonder, an accomplished runner, begins each race by preparing the team mentally. 鈥淏efore every game,鈥 Tano says, 鈥淐oach reminds us that the team is relying on you, and that we鈥檙e doing this together. Then he tells us to dig deep.鈥 That is the secret to the team鈥檚 success:听 digging deep, running for one another鈥nd having a little fun.
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