The indoor track team will travel to Marietta today for the Alumni Open.
Because of its close proximity to Athens, the meet is one that Bobcat athletes on the team looked forward to all season.
Marietta is only about an hour away - which is unheard of for Ohio athletics - so that's nice in that some of the parents of our local athletes have a chance to watch their kids compete
coach Clay Calkins said.
One of those locals is freshman Alexis Geiger, who comes from Gallipolis, Ohio. Even though she is inexperienced, she has added a lot to the team thus far in the running and jumping events.
Alexis has been doing a great job for us Calkins said. She's had to deal with a big transition (being a freshman) but she's shown the she can handle it.
Her work ethic is tremendous. We expect great things out of Alexis, he said.
Geiger has also enjoyed the benefit of having standout junior Cathy Udeani around
whose consistent first-rate performance provides Geiger with plenty of inspiration to improve. Udeani said that the two battle it out in practice
and when one succeeds
it only motivates the others to work that much harder.
Udeani said she thinks her start to the season has been very solid. Her goal for today is to end a string of second-place finishes in the high jump and actually win the event.
I've really been focused on getting back up to the 5-8, 5-9 range, Udeani said.
Calkins said the Bobcats view the Alumni Open as a sort of tune-up event before the All-Ohio Championships. He said he intends to rest his distance athletes to keep them fresh.
There will be no Mid-American Conference squads competing at Marietta. Robert Morris and Marshall will be in attendance
but most of the schools will be from Division III.
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