Heavy rains last Monday didn't deter first-year Lady Demon track and field coach Mike Heimerman from sending his team into practice outdoors. It wasn't cold and there's no comparison between the quality of an outdoor workout and practice inside of Prather Coliseum.
The question he faced was how mentally tough would his very, very young squad be?
"There was a fair share of whining at first, but once they all bought into the idea, we had a really, really good workout," he said. "That was a big step forward for us and I was real proud of them for bowing their necks and showing some toughness."
Rounding up a notepad on the track and field team heading into the NSU Relays...
... watch the women's 400 hurdles to see the first test of an experiment. Middle-distance runners Shannon Foley and Brittany Culotta have been training in the hurdles and will get their first competitive trials....
... Freshman Redd Williams has distance coach Haley Blount excited about how she might fare in the 3000 meter run. "Redd has had a very good training cycle since January," reported Heimerman....
... Dawn Comeaux is the headliner for the Lady Demons in the javelin, with a very impressive career already entering her senior year. Heimerman is pleased with the progress of two other throwers, returner Heather Neill and newcomer Kim Hudnall, and expects both to throw well Saturday ....
... assistant coach Dean Johnson is very upbeat about the Lady Demon sprint relay teams and believes a couple of newcomers, Amanda Freeman and Jasmin Christopher, are pushing for spots on the 4x100 and 4x400 relays ....
... the relays should be good this year for the Demons but they will be without two of their best on Saturday. Michael Batts and Mike Green will not run on the relays, and NSU will also have to go without Rashad Bolds in the meet, said men's coach Leon Johnson....
Doug Ireland, SID
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