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My First Ever Cross Country Meet

The opening shot of the first Fall 2023 Cross Country Meet / ONU Athletics

Growing up, I only ever participated in one sport, soccer. Because of that I never really branched out into watching other sports. The only one I did begin to watch was football in highschool, but that was the extent of my exploration of this avenue. But once I got to college I was encouraged to look for other sports to watch and root for. Thankfully, attending Ohio Northern University made that fairly easy.

My freshman and sophomore year made viewing sports outside of football difficult because many of the other sports were not allowed to have a season. But once I became a junior this became very easy for a couple reasons. Firstly, my neighbors in my dorm hall last year were a large portion of the ONU women's soccer team so they regularly encouraged me to attend their games! This was my first big exposure to watching live sports outside of football. I found this very exciting because of how action packed soccer is when I am not playing it. The other reason it became easier to view other sports was because I began to make friends in other sports who could keep me updated on what games were happening and where without me having to do my own research.

This semester of my senior year also came with new opportunities. Because this semester I attended my first cross country meet! I knew nothing about cross country prior to a few weeks ago, but my girlfriend is on the team and invited me to attend the first meet of the year. I was expecting a race of some kind, but what I found when I got there was more of a timed marathon. Visibility was also something I was not expecting to be difficult. The first meet was in Bluffton on a nature preserve so I had to constantly move to see my girlfriend in the race until the end. 

It was a great race and ONU's team placed on the podium twice with the men getting 3rd place and woman getting 2nd place! I can't wait to go to another one at the end of the month.

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  1. Ammryn RobertsSeptember 17, 2023 at 3:54 PM

    I think that this is amazing that you got to go to your first cross country meet! Along with learning new things about cross country. I never witness a cross country meet for myself but I have heard stories from my friends of cross country meets. I am happy that you are experiencing new things in your senior year!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2023 at 4:15 PM

    Chase Coburn: Awesome Blog. I have actually never been to an XC meet, either. I have no clue how those athletes run for so long. I run a mile every day, and I'm still gassed, especially after playing sports in HS. For football, we would have to run a mile every Monday, and I hated it.

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