06.10.07
End of an era
While looking for a phone number on the Smith College website, I decided to visit the athletics page. There were a number of snippets on the page, including this one, that caught my attention:
Northampton, MA: Senior Shayla Livingston (Sharon, VT) won the 400m Hurdles event in a time of 61.54 this afternoon at the Open New England Track & Field Championships held at Dartmouth College. The time breaks the school record previously set by Kate Farneth (63.15) in 1997 and breaks the automatic NCAA qualifying time of 61.59 Livington set yesterday in winning her heat. Livingston is currently ranked third in the country in the event. She also ran the 200m and finished 10th in 25.79.
I had forgotten that I had set that record, but it’s kind of sad that it has been supplanted – even if it did last for 10 years. It was only a matter of time, I suppose. I guess that puts me in the category of “aging track stars”, if one could consider me a star at a Division III school.
Also, a woman who was a year behind me in high school was just named the new Field Hockey coach at Smith. Small world…
regis said,
June 11, 2007 at 7:57 am
it was an effect of your proximity, since it happened at dartmouth.
FEAR THE RANGE OF YOUR POWER.
Marnie said,
June 14, 2007 at 9:21 am
I’m so impressed that your record lasted for 10 years (although it is sad that it lasts no longer). Of course, you could still kick my ass now as an “aging track star.”
Gilbert Wilson said,
June 21, 2007 at 8:30 am
Impossible! She’s a juicer! Livington is a juicer!