Six years before Anthony Velardi was born, Nike broadcast the classic Bo Jackson advertising campaign referred to as 'Bo Knows'. It is obvious that Anthony knows a thing or two as well. Not only does he sport an Honor Student GPA, he knows how to train in the off season. This summer, he diligently trained and completed in the Seattle to Portland Bike ride. Today, he showed us he knows how to run big PR's, officially by 26 seconds. He also knows division, since he split the Varsity race in half: 65 runners in front of him; 65 behind. We also found out today he also know buses; he is our team expert in 'Busology'.
Instead of blistering 90+ degree heat, we were greeted by a pleasant light mist as we waltzed off of the bus at Salem's Bush Pasture Park. Megan Anderson's excitement about the weather conditions gave her goose bumps; she confessed 'This is my kind of weather!'. Full of adrenaline, she ran nearly the first 1/4 of the race as our number one Panther, which she had never done before. Today she ran the second best race of her life, just ten seconds off of her PR - awesome for the early part of the season! We now expect great contributions from Megan 'weather' or not it is misty and cool or sunny and hot!