Yo. Just a little intro - I'm Mackenzie Clemens, a junior biology major at Illinois Wesleyan University in the exciting town of Bloomington, IL, home of Beer Nuts. We're coming off of our best season in the history of IWU Track and Field after bringing home the team's first CCIW conference title and the school's first women's national championships. It was a fairly exciting year for us...
To start the season, we had an early December meet against 2 other CCIW teams, Millikin and North Park. It provided a good insight into what we should expect for the rest of the year. We also held our annual Track Ugly Christmas Sweater Competition, in which I'd like to again congratulate Amy Burns for her outstanding and surprising performance.
So this week we're really getting underway with our '09 season. After the successes we had last year, we definitely have a lot to live up to and a lot to look forward to. Our first focus will be shedding our "holiday butts," as the almighty Brandy Bird likes to put it. We'll be putting in a lot of hard work on the track and in the weight room this week to get back in shape after the break.
We have an intrasquad meet this weekend, white team vs. green team...but the white team will no doubt be running away with the victory :) Overall, the team is looking solid, with great leadership and experience from the returners and incredible talent with the new freshies. Unfortunately, we'll be missing our amazing seniors from last year. They've left us some very large shoes to fill.
As a treat to my thousands, maybe millions, of readers, I'll leave you with some Mackenzie Clemens-original jokes. You have never heard these anywhere before, and they have been copyrighted, so please don't pawn them off as your own. I hope you like Laffy Taffy-style humor...
-What do you call a pig that likes to eat bacon?
-----HAMmibal Lector (like Hannibal...get it? Hilarious, I know)
-What did the vegetarian get his girlfriend for Valentine's Day?
-----CauliFlowers!
Sorry.
To start the season, we had an early December meet against 2 other CCIW teams, Millikin and North Park. It provided a good insight into what we should expect for the rest of the year. We also held our annual Track Ugly Christmas Sweater Competition, in which I'd like to again congratulate Amy Burns for her outstanding and surprising performance.
So this week we're really getting underway with our '09 season. After the successes we had last year, we definitely have a lot to live up to and a lot to look forward to. Our first focus will be shedding our "holiday butts," as the almighty Brandy Bird likes to put it. We'll be putting in a lot of hard work on the track and in the weight room this week to get back in shape after the break.
We have an intrasquad meet this weekend, white team vs. green team...but the white team will no doubt be running away with the victory :) Overall, the team is looking solid, with great leadership and experience from the returners and incredible talent with the new freshies. Unfortunately, we'll be missing our amazing seniors from last year. They've left us some very large shoes to fill.
As a treat to my thousands, maybe millions, of readers, I'll leave you with some Mackenzie Clemens-original jokes. You have never heard these anywhere before, and they have been copyrighted, so please don't pawn them off as your own. I hope you like Laffy Taffy-style humor...
-What do you call a pig that likes to eat bacon?
-----HAMmibal Lector (like Hannibal...get it? Hilarious, I know)
-What did the vegetarian get his girlfriend for Valentine's Day?
-----CauliFlowers!
Sorry.
I was hoping you would have said blogged down with homework. Besides that, I am very impressed and look forward to following the pulse of the Titans.
I had the distinct pleasure of running with Coach Shoe, middle school, high school and college. Listen to what the man says (what song reference is that from?). I learned how to snow shoe (no pun intended), ride a woman's 5 speed bike in the winter (while singing mind you), and sing Under Pressure (perfectly) with him; talk about life lessons. Good luck ladies and gentlemen on your season. I am a high school track coach in Yuma, AZ and I would love to keep in touch to see and hear how the season is going. I'd love to know more about "The Chase". Take care,
Coach Pig