B e a r c a t T r a c k a n d F i e l d
The Southwest Baptist University Track and Field/Cross Country Website
The Southwest Baptist University Track and Field/Cross Country Website
| Dear Alumni: Thank you for taking the time to reconnect with SBU's cross country and track and field programs. I hope that what you find on this website makes you as excited as I am about the collective future of this program. You have contributed to this team already by virtue of your past endeavors. We now ask that you partner with us as we strive to move forward as a family. This is a very exciting time in all regards for SBU running. We have collected the most talented recruiting class in the history of this program, and should have the largest squad ever fielded by Southwest Baptist for track and field. On the men's side we will add these incredibly talented freshmen to returners such as DII All-American miler T. Jay Sanderson and sophomore Michael Pierce, the first SBU freshman and the second Bearcat in history to win All-South Central honors in cross country. On the women's side, a no less-talented group of freshmen join two-time All-South Central cross country runner senior Amy Broadhurst for what should be a tremendous kick-off to the 2006-07 competitive season in cross country. You will also notice a committed return to the field events this year. I only expect this area to deepen as we add qualified coaching staff in these areas and continue to upgrade facilities. While my competitive career and coaching passion center around distance running, I believe that these student-athletes are enriched by fielding a diverse and complete track and field team. We are being blessed in many capacities right now from many directions. But we will only go as far as our support network can take us. This is where you come in. If you are blessed financially enough to support this program or feel moved to do so, of course we would appreciate and can definitely use your help. However, there are countless other venues through which you can show support and bring stability to the program. Identifying possible recruits is a big help, since it is a very difficult niche to find talented kids who not only want to run at a Christian school, but also who fit the mold of the student-athletes we would like representing the program in terms of character and integrity. We need constant prayer for health, financial support, and this university as a whole. We also need pieces of the past that we cannot find on our own to be submitted so that we can properly credit those who have earned honors or school records in an SBU uniform. As you can see, nobody is unimportant in the grand scheme of things. As it says in 1 Corinthians 12:14-20: "Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say 'Because I am not a hand I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the ear should say, 'Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body." Whether you were an All-American or were last across the line every time, manager or coach, or simply a friend of the program, please take a moment to let us know where you are, what you are doing, and what SBU track means to you. We look forward to catching up with you. In Christ-
Jeff DeLong
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