![]() We have a group chat that we text in regularly and also have video chats where we can get together. Have you been in contact with your teammates?ĬC: We have been in contact ever since last summer. During my sophomore year, the team got to have dinner at my house and it's one of my favorite memories.ģ. I also enjoy that trip every year because it is near my hometown (Stafford, Va.) and I could always look forward to spending time with both the team and my family during that weekend. Every year in the fall, the team attends an ITA tournament in Fredericksburg VA for a weekend, and I miss the adrenaline rush that comes with competing with many different schools, and many top athletes. However, what I personally miss about not competing in the fall is competing in tournaments and traveling to away matches. RO-S: Our Fall seasons are shorter, so most of the competing is done in the spring. We have done many things to still keep positive during this time, and small team bonding activities, that have given me the opportunity to really get to know my teammates. ZE: I am a first-year, so the main part I really missed about not competing this fall would be starting to really be a part of the team. Having that bond and chemistry between teammates greatly benefits any team and was something that we were not able to have this past semester.ĪK: I miss hanging out after practice or a match with my teammates the most ![]() Having a few internationals on the team, I have some teammates I haven't even met in person yet. What do you miss the most about not competing now?ĬK: Being a first-year, I think I missed being able to meet all of the guys on the team together for the first time. My normal workouts would consist of weekly workouts that Coach Megginson would send out to the team, and my additional workouts whether it may be a yoga workout, Zumba, or weights.Ģ. ![]() After babysitting I would head home and workout for about 1 1/2hours. During this time my day also consisted of Zoom calls for committees and clubs (I think I had more Zoom meetings then classes). I normally would get them dressed and would feed them their breakfast before attending my 10:00 am synchronous classes (Peace and Conflict Resolution M-W-F, and Topics in Biology T-TH). Ranita Opoku-Sarfo: My normal day during the school year normally consisted of waking up around 7:00 am to drive to a house where I babysit two toddlers Monday through Friday. Sometimes I'll have meetings for some organizations I'm a part of, it just depends on the day. After that I go home and get some homework done and repeat it all the next day. After class, I go to the gym or get some lunch. Zeinab Elkhansa: Typically in a normal day, I wake up, get some breakfast, and go to class. During that, I do an hour on the elliptical in our school's gym, usually putting Netflix or Hulu on the TV.Īlex Kulvivat: My day normally consists of going to online classes, practicing with old high school teammates who play in college, working out and/or running, homework, sometimes going to an extracurricular virtual meeting (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Omicron Delta Kappa, SAAC etc.) And finally watching a TV show or playing video games. I wrap up my day in my old high school, where I act as the Assistant Athletic Director for this semester. ![]() After lunch, I do some kind of tennis workout sometimes that consists of doing ball drills with my Athletic Director, playing a match with an old teammate, or doing an hour of serves. I'll go for some sort of cardio workout before lunch (Elliptical, Treadmill, Track, Mile, etc.) to start the day. ![]() What does your day normally consist of (online instruction, extracurricular activities, etc.)Ĭolby Cook: On a normal day, I usually sleep in a little now that classes are out to catch up on the missed sleep earlier in the semester. How did the student-athletes spend their time? Members from both teams, junior Alex Kulvivat and first-year Colby Cook from the men's team, and senior Ranita Opoku-Sarfo, and first-year Zeinab Elkhansa from the women's team, give some insight on how life is for them was this fall.ġ. For the Randolph men's and women's tennis teams, normally the fall season is filled non-traditional matches and practices but the current national pandemic changed all that. Many colleges and universities postponed their respective fall seasons with some, including Randolph, going to online instruction for the term. For many college students across the country, the Fall 2020 semester was unlike any other. ![]()
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