It was in 2003 that then-senior Daniel Nunn led his team to a magical
ride
en route to the CIF-State Division III team title while earning the
individual
race title as well. Dan, who is entering his sophomore year at Georgetown
(and loving every minute of it, he tells us) is always quick to commend
his
high school coach (Steve Boaz, pointing in photo above) as the best
there is.
Day 3 - Wednesday
7/27
The distance guys gathered
in the morning for a trot along the river. We had an expansive view of
downtown Detroit from our side of the water. Paul and I had to cut our
run a bit short as our race is a few days earlier than everybody else's.
We ran 30 minutes, while the other fellows ran 50 or so. With nothing
to do later that day, some of the distance guys, Linsday and Marie went
to the pool where we showed off some of our mad diving skills. Once we
got tired of that, we decided to play a quick game of Marco Polo and I
was chosen to be "it". After several futile attempts at catching
anybody, I decided to cheat and open my eyes. This strategy yielded much
better results. ;-)
I had an unexpected surprise in the
afternoon. My folks stopped by our suite with a bag full of blueberries
(my favorite fruit). A little later that night most of the USA team took
the bus over to a nearby mall. I decided to relax in the suite where I
devoted a few hours to meditation (??) and Harry Potter (???). John Martinez
and Kevin McDermott arrived back first, so I went to dinner with them.
After dinner, Kevin called up Marc Davis to see if we could come over
and watch some of his running DVD's. The first race we watched was the
1996 Olympics where he won the semifinal heat of the steeple. The second
race we watched was the olympic final that same year where he got last
and lapped due to a stress fracture in his foot. The last and most exciting
race we watched was the Hawaii mile. At that time no one had ever broken
4:00 in the mile, so Nike put a field together of four minute milers in
the hopes that they would break the barrier. Marc ended up winning that
race with a furious kick over Marcus O'Sullivan. After we watched these
videos, we headed back the the suite where the real fun began.
We had decided Tuesday night to perform
in the Team USA talent show. However, after procrastinating most of Wednesday
we found ourselves trying to figure out what to do about a half an hour
before the Talent Show was going to begin. First we decided to dance to
a song from a mix of popular Disney soundtracks. We decided on "Under
the Sea" from "The Little Mermaid". Somebody suggested
we do a little dance in our new USA speed suits. After a few more minutes
of confusion, somebody suggested that we do a little strip tease for the
entire USA team... enough said. Our performance was very entertaining
to everbody and very embarrassing for us.
At the team meeting that night
we had a vote on who would be this years team captain. The obvious choice
to the distance group was Mark. After a quick vote Mark was announced
as this years captain.
Dan
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