Spring Break
Distance runners tuning up for MWC championships
Scott Callahan
Issue date: 2/20/09 Section: Sports
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Distance coach Brian Berryhill decided to give his team a well deserved rest before the big meet.
This will be the first break that they have had in four weeks. Berryhill said that his team is running with a lot of confidence and that there was no need to risk that with such a small meet.
"(The Wyoming) meet is a tune up for whoever feels like they need one," Berryhill said.
The distance and mid-distance runners have had a lot of success this season, especially in the last two weeks. They had nine first place finishes combined in the last two weeks, and have seen a score of personal bests throughout the season.
Head track and field coach Brian Bedard has seen tremendous things from the distance runners and is confident they will continue this momentum. Bedard said that the statistics are a little deceiving and he thinks that the Rams are going to surprise people.
No one can say that there was a certain moment or a spark that has ignited the distance runners in recent weeks. But both the coaches and the runners point to hard training as one major aspect.
Two of the runners who have played big parts of the team are senior Andrew Mauk and sophomore Allison Gohl.
"We have had some solid weeks of training good workouts consistently," Mauk said.
Another big factor is the positive energy that seems to pulse through the team. That energy is only increasing with every passing week.
"We are running with a lot of positive energy right now. … Positive energy builds on itself," Gohl said.
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