Alexis Smith

Past Entries

Entry 1

October 25, 2004

Well, we survived our hardest week so far since we upped our yardage in both the morning and afternoon practices. We've also settled into our full weight room routine with our strength and conditioning coach, affectionately dubbed "Dynamic Steve" for his love of torturing us with aerobic weightlifting sets.

You know when you watch weightlifting in the Olympics and they jump with the barbell and put it over their heads? Not with as much weight of course, but yeah, we do that.

Probably the biggest change last week is that the sprinters have started power racks, and the non-sprinters have started asking Jon (Howell) every morning why they don't get to do power racks. Specifically Brandon Burke, a 400 IMer, who will never accept the fact that fate just doesn't have power racks in store for him.

To round out the week, the Emory women hosted Agnes Scott (Ga.) at home, and showed how tough they were by getting up and posting some of the best times of the season, even though they're broken down from this stage of training.

The first group of recruits we have coming in this season were lucky enough to be in town to enjoy the event, and they really got a taste of what our team is about.

So now that we've had a day off… who's ready for spinning class tomorrow morning?

Alexis Smith is a sophomore from Strafford, N.H. She would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.