COMMON ASKED QUESTIONS:
WHY JUST CROSS COUNTRY?
OUR TEAM USE TO HAVE TRACK AND FIELD UNTIL JANUARY 6TH, 2024, WHEN LMU ATHLETICS CUT 6 TEAMS BECAUSE OF THE NEW NCAA RULES. THESE TEAMS INCLUDED WOMEN AND MENS ROWING, MENS CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK, WOMENS SWIMMING, AND WOMENS TRACK. THIS WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THING OUR TEAM HAD TO GO THROUGH, LOSING MANY FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES. AS ANGRYA ND SAD WE WERE, THIS WAS A PIVOTING MARK TO OUR TEAM. WE WEREN;T GOING TO MAKE NEW LAWS AFFECT OUR PROGRAM TO FEEL NOT SUPPORTED. AS LUCKY AS WE FELT TO HAVE CROSS COUNTRY, WE RAISED AWARENESS FOR THE OTHER SPORTS. AS IT WAS A TIME OF LOTS OF UNKNOWN, OUR TEAM CONQUERED IT. WE SWICTEHD PERSPECTIVES AND RUN AND RACED FOR THEM, FOR ALL TEH TEAMS LOST. EVEN THOUGH WE LSOT TRACK, WE DIDNT REALLY LOSE ANYTHING. WE CAN STILL COMPETE IN TRACK MEETS WITH OUR JERSEYS, BUT WE CAN NOT PARTICIPATE IN TEH NCAA REGIONALS MEETS. EVEN THOUGH IT DEOSNT SAY TRACK AND FIELD ON OUR LOGO, WE ARE STILL ALL TRACK ATHELTES.
ARE OUR JERSEYS REALLY BLUE?
YES, THEY REALLY ARE. AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
DO WE HAVE OUT OF STATE MEETS?
OUR COACH TRIES TO GET US TO A COUPLE OUT OF STATE MEETS DURING CROSS COUNTRY, AS WE LOVE EXPLORING NEW AREAS AND PRACTICING RACING IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONEMTNS TO PREPARE US FOR CONFERENCE AND REGIONALS MEETS THA TMAY BE OUT OF STATE. BUT WE MSOTLY STAY ON TEH WEST COAST AND IN CALIFORNIA. TRACK MEETS ARE MOSTLY ALL IN STATE. THESE CLOSE MEETS ALLOWS FRO FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FANS TO BE ABLE TO COEM WATCH THE RACES, WHICH WE ALL LOVE!