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Mitra L. '07

Oct 11, 2005

XC is Sexy

Posted in: Life & Culture

I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old, and I figure if it's appropriate for him to wear it, it's okay for me to blog it.

On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in Forest Hills. (For you subway people, we took the Red line to Downtown Crossing, where we switched to the Orange Line and took it until the end.) We made the trip to cheer for our friends on the MIT Cross Country teams. (Men's & Women's)

Here we are with our dear friend, Spencer '07. I'm going to mix it up a bit, and give people's living groups instead of majors. Tina '07 (light pink) lives in Baker House, and Christina '07 (hot pink) lives in Spanish House.

Here, Christina hugs Kevin '07, who lives in Burton Conner (like all the cool kids.)

Another race

Here's Joe '08! (You may recognize him from Sam's blog).

Go MIT!

The MIT tent, not to be confused with the tents for the Amherst, Bates, BC, Brown, BU, Colby, Dartmouth, Hartford, Harvard, Tufts, UConn, UMass, Vassar, or Yale runners. (This was a big meet.)

Here's Ben Schmeckpeper '05. I don't know him, but Tina is friends with him, so I suppose this is okay. Anyway, he is a former winner of the New England Division III Regional Cross Country Championship race. (He had great legs.)

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I run XC in HS. and it is SO sexy.

Posted by: XC! on October 11, 2005

HI

That Header is brilliant. What font did you use for the MIT's acronym? Something i have never seen before, but have talked about is the hand written font you have used in your header.

GO...MIT...

TIMOTHY

Posted by: Timothy D King on October 11, 2005

Wow, that brought back some memories of high school cross country...the crowning jewel of masochistic sports.

Posted by: Jessie on October 12, 2005

Quasi-random Franklin Park story:

Adam and I got lost this summer on our way to the Franklin Park Zoo... we got off the T at Forest Hills and got on the #16 bus, but we didn't know where to get off so we never did, and we ended up going all the way to Andrew Station on the Red Line. And I didn't get to see the gorillas at the zoo and I was sad.



But we did end up finding a T-accessible Target store, so all was (mostly) well.

Posted by: Mollie on October 12, 2005

I'm currently a crosscountry athelete at my high school, and I enjoy the sport very much. Do you know if the MIT XC team has a website? I am interested in knowing more about it. Thank you.



Leon

Posted by: Leon on October 12, 2005

Yup! They're at http://mitathletics.collegesports.com/sports/m-xc/

Posted by: Mitra on October 12, 2005

I didn't get "XC" until I read the first comment. I guess I don't equate "running competitively" with "cross country."

How did MIT do at the meet?

Posted by: Ruth on October 13, 2005

XC! Yes! Great sport. My sport! Go runners!

Posted by: Alexander Spicer on October 14, 2005

GO MIT! Bear Cage Hill at Franklin Park sucks majorly. Oh look it's raining, as it does at every single Frankin Park XC meet; rain, snow, sleet, hail, some type of precipitation. I was supposed to be running in the Brown Invitational today with my HS team, but it got cancelled. Anyway, I hope MIT did well, any idea on their times?

Posted by: Dave on October 15, 2005

Cross Country is definitely a great sport, tough to watch though. Way to support the team Mitra!

Posted by: Amanda on October 15, 2005

Wow, those Varsity women's times are pretty fast (well, compared to my high school's usual times). Do you know what the JV times are like?

Posted by: Mia on October 17, 2005

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