Board of Advisors meeting!

Mayor of Toccoa, Mr. David Austin!

On Thursday afternoon, the TFC Advisory Board came to campus to visit the falls and meet with the president, Dr. Myers, over lunch.  To backtrack a little, a while ago, Mr. Hansen, from the Alumni department at TFC, said that he would like my story of how I came to TFC to be published in the December Alumni letter.  After I told him all about how I ended up picking TFC (still so glad that it did), he had the story published in the December letter that goes out sometime in early December!

The really neat part is when the Advisory Board came to visit today; he asked me if I would be able to share my story over lunch. I got to sit down with all the heads of TFC and the city of Toccoa including the Mayor of Toccoa!  I had a great experience getting to meet some important business leaders in Toccoa and I even got a picture with the Mayor afterword!

Olive Garden in Ohio with my family!

Oh, I almost forget to update on my fantastic Thanksgiving break! I got to home to Ohio, about a ten hour drive, to see my family!  The drive was long, but I carpooled up with some people from TFC and it made the trip really fun.  I had a wonderful time seeing my friends from high school again and spending time with my family over the holiday weekend.  Towards the end of the trip I had snow on my car in the morning, brr!  Have you seen snow before?

Overall, I ate a ton of food, slept a lot, and had a great time! I think the best part was knowing that I would be seeing my family again in a few weeks!

Nationals, here we come!

Friday the 16th

On Thursday morning, the girls and guys Cross-country teams left for Nationals in Cedarville, OH. While we had a van for both teams, I had the chance to ride with Sarah and Cristy in Travis and Crystal’s car. Poor Travis had put up with four girls going all the way to Ohio (It’s about an 8-9 hour drive). I am glad to report that he survived the adventure.

After arriving in Cedarville, we went and warmed up on the course we would be running tomorrow. The next night, I ran in the open race which is basically a race that has the timer up and anyone is free to run the course. It was during this race that I ended up having my best time of the season!  

If you remember, I am from Ohio so was really glad to be in my home state again for a visit. My family even got to come to the race since they were not too far from the school. But the best part of being in Ohio again was that my dad ran the open race with me. 

Now what you have all been waiting for: the results of the race! On Saturday morning, the top seven girls ran the National race.  TFC placed third out of seven for the girls and third out of eight for the guys!  The guys missed second place by 9 points!  Dr. Garside, our coach, was really excited about the results. I am already looking forward to next year’s nationals since none of the thirteen girls on our team plan on leaving and we might gain a few really good runners to make us even better for next year!  Are any of you interested in running with the team next year? If so, leave a comment and we can have Coach Garside contact you!

 

Though we came for the race, the best part of the trip was probably tied with all the time spent in the car and the epic snowball fight we had on the way home as a team!  Can you believe it? We saw snow in Tennessee!  Dr. Bob, our school president, even treated us to ice cream at Dairy Queen on the way home, YUM!