Senior Day

It's hard to believe that this is my final home cross country meet of my high school career. This is a day that I have been looking forward to, yet dreading at the same time.  The sport of cross country is coming to an end, and with the end of this season comes the end of my career. 

I have many memories with this team since the beginning of my freshman season.  The team has molded me into I am today, which I am not positive yet if that is a good or bad thing.  My closest of friends have come from this team, and since they have graduated, I have learned to take over their role on the team. 

As cross country comes to a close, I actually start to dread the end of this season.  I feel as though I didn't get to enjoy it as much as others with an injury.  The loss of many of my closest friends also put a large damper on my season.  I was unsure what to think of this crew, I like a few of them, but for the most part, I could live without these kids.  All of my seniors this year helped make this a good year for me, we have became very close since the beginning of the season. 

This sport has taken over the beginning of my school year every day for the past 4 years.  I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.  These days have been some of the best and some of the worst.  Pain, illness, and vomit alway occured throughout the season, but the fun, excitement, and new friendships each year outweighed all the negatives.  I loved this sport and I loved each and every one of my teams.  These are kids I will never go out of touch with.  I actually have the ambition of going to college with a few at the University of Akron.

It's hard to believe my season is coming to a close.  I can remember every other season I've had.  Always cheering for the number 1 kids making their way to states and hoping we can produce a team to overcome all of the AAAA schools and go to Hershey on our own.  I am still uneasy about this season coming to a close.  It's nice to know a new chapter of my life is starting, but the cross country life was full of excitement. 

Wrestling starts soon.  This is something I look forward to but know that I will dread the sport the first time I have to cut weight.  My fourth year of killing myself to be light and skinny.  I sound like a teenage girl with self-esteem problems.  This sport is definitely not what I thought it would be when I started at age 6.  Everything was all fun and games back then.  Wrestling senior day is definitely something I'll be looking forward to.  The end of this season will be a great accomplishment for me.  Tanner and I will be the only four-year lettermen on the team and the two captains this year. 

I consider sports my school year chapters.  Most kids base their school year off of four semesters.  I base it off of three sports seasons.  Cross country, wrestling, and track are all I do during the school year.  They take up my whole entire life, and I wouldn't want it any other way.