Andrew Seidenberg

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March 22, 2004

With the indoor UAA championship under our belt, outdoor season has approached with great anticipation. Due to the undersized track (which complicates sprinting curves and forces the distance runners to run close to 100 laps) and stuffy facilities of the indoor season, most of us actually prefer competing outdoors.

Additionally, with the outdoor season comes warm weather, one advantage we have over our UAA competition. Not to mention we have a well-rounded team looking to repeat our indoor success.

Despite what the schedule says, last weekend we ventured to Clemson to commence the 2004 outdoor season. We left bright and early Saturday morning at around 6:30 am, proving to the coaching staff we don't need the wake-up call system coach Heather devised, at least most of us don't.

The meet was mostly relays, with many NCAA Division I and III schools competing. The relay format was a fun way to start the outdoor season. I was able to run both the 4X100 and 4X200 relays, two events I normally don't run. Overall, the meet went quite well, despite the surprisingly cool weather.

Before leaving for Atlanta, we stopped at Western Sizzler for dinner. I don't know if its just me, but it seems like each week the post-meet dinners get better as the season progresses.

Also, for lunch we had our weekly Subway sandwiches. Any Emory track fan should really consider purchasing stock in Subway. The Emory track team will definitely keep them from going out of business.

Andrew Seidenberg is a junior from Columbia, S.C. He would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.