So I am in of the rooms that is temporarily providing shelter to our men's cross country team and we are now joined by the rest of the team. I am just going to be asking a few questions, and posting their responses. Warning: These responses may be edited for time and content (but probably not, these are good people).
Parker G.: So this race is pretty big, what are you looking to forward the most?
All: Winning
Ben: Coming home with UT Tyler's 1st ever Regional championship, that would be pretty big.
PG: Do you think the weather will make a difference at all?
RJ: It will be conducive to fast times.
Chauncey: No matter the conditions, all the teams will have to run in them. So no matter the condition, it will come down to the strongest team that will win.
Corey: We kind of have an advantage being from Texas and always running in the heat. This will be a good change and a little easier to run in.
Parker: So how will it be running against teams you have never faced before?
Chauncey: It will be a little mysterious, but we do know there times so it won't be it a total mystery. We don't know there faces, but we know how they run so we know what we need to do. It won't be a total guessing game.
Corey: It will be nice to face some new teams. we run against the same teams in the regular season meets, so it will be nice to have some fresh competition.
RJ: We know other teams will be trying to prove themselves, but we want our chance to prove ourselves and show we belong here.
Parker: How big of a confidence boost was it to win the ASC Championships two weeks before this race?
RJ: We have done it before, but it was nice to do.
Ross: It was great to have a perfect score, considering we weren't that rested.
Ben: I'd say winning the Rhodes meet earlier in the season was bigger, just because there were more teams that will be here at Regionals in that race than were at the ASC meet.
Corey: The biggest confidence boost for me was setting a goal and doing it.
RJ: It's kind of the same thing we want to do at this meet. Obviously, coming in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 again would be great, but we are focusing on finishing 1, 2, 3, but another perfect score would be great too.
Parker: So anything else you guys want to say?
Warren: We had Memphis-style BBQ tonight and Texas is better.
(The interviewer, a Memphis native, strongly disagrees, although this BBQ was not the best he has ever had.)
Corey: C-A-T-S! CATS! CATS! CATS!
(The interviewer would like to remind Corey of last night's loss to Gardner Webb by his beloved 'Cats.)
Ben: We are glad [Parker] came, very glad. We like the blog.
RJ: Soul food, soul music and spandex tights make for a perfect night.
(The interviewer refuses to comment)
Well you heard it here first, the Blog is a success. Well at least to the team. But seriously, show your support for both Patriot teams by reading this blog and staying up to date on all the happenings to the weekend. I will start tomorrow after breakfast and continue through the practice run and on through the rest of the day. Saturday will be the big day and I will have several updates and pictures from the hotel until we arrive back at campus and everywhere in between. I am going to turn in now. Have a great night and Go Patriots!
Parker G.: So this race is pretty big, what are you looking to forward the most?
All: Winning
Ben: Coming home with UT Tyler's 1st ever Regional championship, that would be pretty big.
PG: Do you think the weather will make a difference at all?
RJ: It will be conducive to fast times.
Chauncey: No matter the conditions, all the teams will have to run in them. So no matter the condition, it will come down to the strongest team that will win.
Corey: We kind of have an advantage being from Texas and always running in the heat. This will be a good change and a little easier to run in.
Parker: So how will it be running against teams you have never faced before?
Chauncey: It will be a little mysterious, but we do know there times so it won't be it a total mystery. We don't know there faces, but we know how they run so we know what we need to do. It won't be a total guessing game.
Corey: It will be nice to face some new teams. we run against the same teams in the regular season meets, so it will be nice to have some fresh competition.
RJ: We know other teams will be trying to prove themselves, but we want our chance to prove ourselves and show we belong here.
Parker: How big of a confidence boost was it to win the ASC Championships two weeks before this race?
RJ: We have done it before, but it was nice to do.
Ross: It was great to have a perfect score, considering we weren't that rested.
Ben: I'd say winning the Rhodes meet earlier in the season was bigger, just because there were more teams that will be here at Regionals in that race than were at the ASC meet.
Corey: The biggest confidence boost for me was setting a goal and doing it.
RJ: It's kind of the same thing we want to do at this meet. Obviously, coming in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 again would be great, but we are focusing on finishing 1, 2, 3, but another perfect score would be great too.
Parker: So anything else you guys want to say?
Warren: We had Memphis-style BBQ tonight and Texas is better.
(The interviewer, a Memphis native, strongly disagrees, although this BBQ was not the best he has ever had.)
Corey: C-A-T-S! CATS! CATS! CATS!
(The interviewer would like to remind Corey of last night's loss to Gardner Webb by his beloved 'Cats.)
Ben: We are glad [Parker] came, very glad. We like the blog.
RJ: Soul food, soul music and spandex tights make for a perfect night.
(The interviewer refuses to comment)
Well you heard it here first, the Blog is a success. Well at least to the team. But seriously, show your support for both Patriot teams by reading this blog and staying up to date on all the happenings to the weekend. I will start tomorrow after breakfast and continue through the practice run and on through the rest of the day. Saturday will be the big day and I will have several updates and pictures from the hotel until we arrive back at campus and everywhere in between. I am going to turn in now. Have a great night and Go Patriots!
