Today was her first official day.
At 9a today, we moved Britt into her temporary dorm. The regular dorms aren't open yet, so all the athletes are together in one dorm for now. Britt has Alex Raich as her roommate, she is a senior and has her own apartment, but the whole team lives together in the dorms during preseason. At 10:30a, the team had a meeting with the Coach in the locker room, and then at 11a they met with the Nutritionist. They had lunch from 12-1p, and then they had the Golden Gnome challenge. At 3p, they met with the the NCAA compliance people, and at 5p there was a flexibility test. At 6p, all of the freshman had to have physicals. They finally had a team dinner at 7:30p at the Olive Garden.
Originally they had their fitness test at midnight, which has been their tradition. Someone forced them to change it at the last minute, so now Britt has her Fitness Test at 6:30a tomorrow morning, which is rough for the CA girls. The fit test consists of a 1.5 mile run in less than 10 minutes; and a cone test that has cones at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 yards. They have to run out and back to each cone, and finish in less than 37 seconds; they get 27 seconds to rest, then they have to do it again, for 10 reps. They also have skill tests they have to pass, and they need to pass 3 out of the 4 tests or they could lose their scholarship. Britt has been doing the run in 9:45 or so (when she was healthy), but she has only made 8 out of 10 reps on the cone test so far. So she is a little nervous, but I think the adrenaline will get her through it.
But of course her cold isn't any better, and now she has cramps. Plus she still hasn't slept very well.
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