PORT. Section Editors: Jen
Shelby
Jen DiCarlo
Whether it be in the
WAC
Championships, wing intramural championships, or a friendly after noon game of basketball, cadets constandy find themselves in ath letic competition. A
nor
com
mal
petitive spirit
rigors
I
of
and
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deter-
m
mina- L tion for
victory fills
life. Adiletes are
full-time
stu
the heart of all
dents and partici
Academy athletes.
pants in
It is this desire for
rigorous military training a
triumph that drives intercollegiate competitors to endure the grueling seasons of long practices and many
program, and still
weekends of travel
the country. At die end of
ing. Many times, competing be comes more
work
have the motiva tion
to
voluntarily
represent the Academy in com
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the season,
though, an athlete look back
can
determination and
seemingly unbear
commitment to
able demands of
on.
h^
petitions around
than fun, and re quires a conscious
press
f
cadet
on
the hard work and
their season, and
take PRIDE in Amazingly, athletes accomplish their commitment
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their successes
and the victories it
Army defender. The
while
produces.
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