I Was a College Athlete...

As I'm packing stuff up and getting ready for the big move, I've been going through some stuff that I haven't looked through in a while. I read through some old newspaper articles from high school and college. Looked through some old pictures. Found some of my old workouts (man, I used to be strong). I was a standout high school athlete. An average D1 athlete. And I graduated and that phase of my life was over. Just like that. And quite frankly, I miss it.

I don't miss hurting just about every day of my college career, which I, over the course of the 5 years I was there, had a displaced nerve in my arm, a dislocated shoulder and 2 knee surgeries.

But I miss the people. I miss accomplishing such great things. I miss being part of such an amazing team. I miss my coaches. I miss having my parents come support me at my meets - seriously, they came to all but 2 meets my entire career. I miss the locker room. I miss my CMU track family.

3-time MAC Champs

The best meet of my career...

2003 MAC

Championships

Always having a good time together.

Perhaps one of my ugliest pictures ever...

But I still love it.

Me and Tash after she just won the MAC title in the javelin.
I was very proud of my roommate and best friend.

Throwers sending birthday greetings to our teammate John while he was on a 2-year mission trip in Argentina.

Tash and I realizing that our track careers had just come to an end -- a very emotional day.

I'm blessed that I'm able to coach the sport I love so much at a collegiate level. I just hope our athletes have an experience as amazing as the one I had during my years at CMU.