Brian David '12 -- When I first arrived here at Wabash during the middle of August I was infor a treat. Moving from the busy streets of suburbs outside New York City to the cornfields of Crawfordsville, IN was a bit of a culture shock. However, Wabash is definitely worth the transition.
Wabash Cross Country is one of the reasons I chose Wabash. More than any other school I visited, I was able to see the way Coach Roger Busch cared about every one of his runners by the way he talked about them. I wanted to be part of a team that cared about one another and this year I was able to experience that.
At the beginning of the season we were ranked 6’th in our conference. Much of that was because we had a large inexperienced freshman class along with some upperclassman coming off injuries. From the start of camp, we knew we were better than the 6’th place ranking we received. It motivated the team to work hard together and to not get broken, which correlates greatly to our motto this season: M.O.W. N.B.U.
We raced beautifully this weekend at Oberlin, breaking our preseason ranking of 6 ’th to finishing in 3’ rd place in the Conference. After seeing how good of a team we were, we realize that we have a legitimate shot at making Nationals. The team is steadily improving and I am really looking forward to cheering the team on at Otterbein where they can make it to Nationals.