So Abilene Christian's men and women cross country teams came down to Canyon a few weeks ago to run in a different atmosphere and hang out with our guys and gals. We ran down at Palo Duro Canyon Saturday morning and it flooded while we were down there which left us stranded and completely muddy...it was pretty awesome!
The day before, one of the Abilene runners found a massive snapping turtle in their hotel room! Jarret Kachel, who is a wildlife biology major, was saying that these turtles aren't native to Amarillo, TX and someone more than likely brought it here and left it. This thing was huge! I must admit, I didn't think it was really much when Coach Burroughs called me and told me about it, but I was wrong...this thing was massive.
We went bowling that night and he showed me the pics of it and that is when I realized that this thing was the real deal. Check out the pics:
We have our home meet this week, and will be testing out the new course. The women competed last week and had some great individual performances at Midwestern, but will be looking for a better team outcome in the weeks ahead. Aries Bazaldua finished 3rd overall in the 4k race with a time of 15:52. Nicole Hudgens also had a good day finishing 9th overall with a 16:08. This week will be the opening race for the men's team and will be a good test of where everyone is at right now. We have a long season ahead...stay strong, stay healthy!
