Sports and Anxiety. They go hand in hand it seems, at least for me. My former coach made things look so easy! He seemed to never showed anxiety (although I am sure he had some when I toed the line). I, on the other hand, seem to live it with my student-athletes. I dream about the meets. I worry about the athletes - did they get good sleep, are they healthy, are they ready to go? Last week at the MAC Champs, we saw the deepest and most competitive MAC Conference championship ever. Becky O'Brien continued her winning way by not only winning the SP title but also breaking the 16 yr old MAC Championship Meet record. Our athletes on the track competed and had too many "slow close" to making finals but just missing. Times that ordinarily place in the top 3 did not even make finals this year. The belief that the MAC is a "Mid-Major" conference was definitely put to rest. We are as competitive as many of the "big" conferences. The season was spent preparing for this one meet, this one chance to go out and make it big. We did. More than have of our women had personal best marks at the meet - can't ask for more than that, right? Wrong, I will expect more, and I believe our women want more, too. Personal bests are nice, but moving up the ranks is even nicer!
Now we are in the sit and wait game to see if Rob Golabek makes the NCAA Champs in the men's SP. He's currently 12th in the NCAA, top 14th go, with one remaining meet in the country to be contested. We'll know tomorrow if he's in... it's looking good. Becky is already an automatic qualifier by virtue of hitting the auto mark several weeks ago. Sit and wait.... anxiety? Oh yeah. Good anxiety, but nonetheless, anxiety!
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