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In Review: Sports

‘How I Got Started’Varsity athletes offer glimpses into their sports, why they push themselves to excel, and how they balance collegiate academics and athletics.
collection of student-athtletes

What does it feel like to launch yourself into the air at the end of a slender, flexible metal pole—and set a school record in the pole vault?

Why is the 400-yard individual medley so brutal for a swimmer? And what is the key to winning a 60-meter dash?

As many of Rochester’s varsity athletics competitions were paused during 2020–21, Dennis O’Donnell, director of Athletic Communications, found an opportunity to talk with this year’s Yellowjackets about their lives as students and athletes. Framed as a conversation about “How I Got Started,” the series features members of every Rochester varsity team.

Subjects for the Q&A series, which began this winter and continues through the spring, were nominated by each team’s coaching staffs.

The series can be found at the Yellowjackets’ website.