TommyG wrote:
Why would he write a letter to his teammates? It's not like he chose not to run and needed to explain to his teammates why he chose not to go to nats. Was he fishing for compliments?
i don't think you understand how odd the Grinnellians are...
Grinnell, Iowa is like OZ. it is a very strange place to say the least. My team had a track meet there one year. As i was warming up we ran into the quad. they had some medieval fair going on... no big deal, however, two of them turned around and yelled, "INVADERS!!!!" and starting waving their swords at us. i was rather confused.
also, everytime they win an award, the act like a kangaroo up to the awards stand. (i know, they do it to remember a former runner).
needless to say, they have a very, very liberal campus. (not a slight, it's just very liberal) also, it is a really, really good school... it's just in OZ