A great tradition has been renewed with the next splendid class of PSU recruits to the Cross Country and Track teams. That's over and above the PSU is 800 U solidification evident in the class.
Recruit Zavon Watkins leaps into the breach of distance runners/football stars, (Yeah, I said distance runners and football stars!) leftover from the days of Jeff Adkins and Rick Garcia. I had the pleasure to run with (well, behind!) Jeff and Rick.
Jeff's post-college running exploits have been covered here before, so check them out here! He also won the West Virginia High School Football State Title and the West Virginia State High School Cross Country Title on back-to-back days before matriculating at PSU. He was a top member of 3 NCAA Top 4 teams while achieving his degree.
Rick Garcia also played quarterback on a rather good team in suburban Washington DC!
Now Zavon brings his own Pigskin resume to PSU's middle distance corps next year.
It was comforting to know our scrawny backsides were covered by two former football guys when we started yakking it up during the warmdowns after our victories. Realistically, we only had to worry about pissing the Navy XC runners off. The rest of the teams were laden with scrawny backsided runners as well!!!
ReplyDeleteA carnival of wimpiness! That's why I hung around guys like Campbell Lovett and Rob Whiteside. My 110 lbs. of fighting power didn't add much to the equation.
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