Brigham Young University

As I sit in my dorm on this somewhat cloudy day that has promised us thunderstorms later tonight, I feel happy that I am here. I love Brigham Young University. I love the classes, I love the atmosphere and I've already watched two sporting events. Yes, one was on tv, but for me, that's a big thing. So, last night I watched Women's soccer on BYU TV, which was fun and frustrating. And I learned a lot about soccer from my very soccer-knowledgeable roommate. Let's just say that BYU didn't yield any score...but many almost scores (almost 20+). And basically the only time that William and Mary got near the goal they made it (and were the epitome of off-sides but it wasn't called). Then this morning, I went to Cross Country to watch my roommate run. Yes, I have an athlete roommate. She finished 25th in Women's 5k in a time of 19:36.9 or something like that. The winning time was in the mid 18s, they say because of the elevation all the times were high. And there were about 40-45 people running, so really, she did very well. I mean, I don't know if I can make it to 5k, let alone in less than 20 minutes. And she's only a freshman, so I am seeing a good future for the cougars in her. Also, apparently her optimum distance is about 2 miles (5k is about 3 miles), so she's looking forward to track season. The cougars won both events in terms of team times, and swept men's 5k. If I remember, places 1-6 of men's 5k were all BYU. UCLA took the 1st place of the women's 5k, but 2 and 3 were BYU and overall, most of the BYU runners (even unattached freshmen (such as my roommate)) were towards the front.

So, that's my sports life. I'll probably watch football tonight on tv too, but it could be painful because BYU will probably lose. Oh well.

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