Andrew Podgurski

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November 16, 2004

Regionals was last weekend, and it once again turned out to be a success for us. I know that Jon High, Kile Krol and I didn't feel our best at the meet, but we were all able to pull together and run well as a team.

So some of our individual goals were not obtained, but I think we all agree that the team success was much more important. We won the meet and qualified for nationals for the sixth straight year, and proved that we could do well even after graduating five important guys from last year.

I think the key to this year has been how well we have stuck together, especially after the debacle that was UAA's. The team really got after it the last two weeks and showed that we actually have some talent on this team. The best part is that we can still run a lot better than we ran last Saturday.

This team has the potential to be in the top 20 at nationals and we have a lot of individual goals that can be obtained. Going to pre-nationals earlier this year gave us an opportunity to learn the course. If we can run similarly or better than we did on October 1, I think we are going be happy with our results.

It is going to be interesting to see how the newcomers handle such a big meet. Owen and I have done this four years in a row now, but this is the first time for the rest of the team. Then again that was the first regional race for most of the team as well. Coach Graham really knows how to prepare, and just like last year, I think he will have us ready to do well at nationals.

Andrew Podgurski is a senior from Chesterfield, Mo. He would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.