Quarles Accepts Difficult Task

By Ruth Gutierrez

After running track competitively for years, Delethea Quarleshastakena new approach tothesportasLU's assistant women's track coach

Accordingto Delethea, coachingis fun but involves a lot of work Recruitingis adifficult task in itself

"I liketo recruit,but it is discouragingwhenyoudon't get the peopleyou're trying to recruitbecauseof grades orotherreasons,"Delethea said. "Recruiting is sucha gamble."

Herjob as assistant trackcoach cameas asurprise and anhonor "I considerit a blessing," Deletheasaid "A lot ofpeople volunteer theirtime togetintocollege level coaching."

LU trackcompeteson aNCAA DivisionI level. The meetsinvolveasmany as 50collegeteamsand provide an atmosphere ofhealthy competition. "Our rivals are ourselves," Deletheasaid "Youwantto win, but yougo outthere to beat yourowntimes."

Deletheadevelopeda lovefor trackin highschooland received a partialscholarship toCampbell University and thentransferredto LU During this time, she broke schoolrecordsand was ranked among thetop50 track runnersin America.

Delethea also obtained a psychology degree while here at LU, which has been useful to her since graduation. "Ithink my psychology background helps me dealwithpeople," she said.

Delethea'sgoal is to go tothe 1992 Olympictrials She would also like to obtain a master's degree in counseling psychologically disturbed children "I'm just continuing to seek what God wantsto do withmylife