Ramblings by Steve Taylor...: December 2012

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Spider Women Open 2012 Indoor Season--Allen Named A10 Rookie of the Week

Congratulations to the Spider women's team and Mary Allen. Allen earned Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Week honors for her performances in the open 200M and the anchor leg of the 4x400M relay...

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Mary Allen earned Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Week honors
in her first meet as a Spider.

Allen Collects First A-10 Rookie Honor

Courtesy:Richmond Athletics
Release:12/10/2012

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va.- Following a second place finish at Saturday's CNU Holiday Classic, freshman Mary Allen was named A-10 Rookie of the Week by the conference office on Monday. The award was the first of her collegiate career, and the Spider's first award of the indoor season.

Allen clocked a 25.46 to take second in the 200-meter dash on Saturday in Newport News. Her time currently ranks as the fastest time in the A-10 this season.

The Richmond native anchored the 4 x 400 meter relay, clocking a time of 57.5.

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Sophomore Alexis Williams

Richmond Track Starts Indoor Season Strong At CNU

Courtesy:Richmond Athletics
Release:12/09/2012

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.- The Richmond women's indoor team started the winter campaign with a strong a showing at the CNU Holiday Open on Saturday in Newport News. Freshman Mary Allen and junior Alyson McGonigle earned second place finishes for the Spiders.

" As a staff we are pleased with the effort of these women," said head coach Lori Taylor. "It was an opportunity for us to see several of our athletes, including our freshman compete for the first time. We've been looking forward to seeing how these women respond to competition and how they have progressed through the fall training cycle.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The Quote File

“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.” —Frank Herbert, Dune

"In Discipline the blood boils, the brain turns to marble and muscles to steel. When wrapped in the scalding arms of the Discipline I can't rip my eyes away from the sun. I feel no pain. If you know what I mean, then you know what I mean."
-Henry Rollins

"Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast."
-Emil Zatopek

"Your training partner's name is pain. You start out trying to ignore him. Can't do it. You attempt to reason with him. No way. You try to strike a bargain. Hah. You plead. You say "Please stop, please go away. I promise never ever to do this again if you just leave me alone." But he won't. Pain only climbs off if you do. Then you're beaten. "
-Scott Martin

"There is a time when most athletes reach a crossroads in their career. Even the most talented juniors need to realize that success at the highest level requires a new set of parameters in training and attitude and that without devotion - bordering on obsession - the path desired by most remains impossible to find." -Steve Cram

Ramblings by Steve Taylor...

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Spider Women Open 2012 Indoor Season--Allen Named A10 Rookie of the Week

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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