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Christmas in June
A&M's own Santa Claus delivers an early Christmas.
By: Brett Sebastian
Issue date: 6/15/09 Section: Sports
I had a realization Saturday afternoon, after the track teams scored their first national championships; Athletic Director Bill Byrne is the A&M equivalent of Santa Claus. Instead of a bag of toys, though, he has a bag of championships. Three national championships in three weeks, two consecutive Lone Star Showdown victories over the big bad wolf in Austin, and more individual athletic successes than College Station has known in a while.
These three NCAA national championships are the reward for years of hard work and being good little boys and girls. They are also much more enjoyable than the years of coal Reveille had been receiving in her stocking.
What is scary to think about, though, is just how much room to grow there is left. We are, after all, only in year six of the Bill Byrne show and there are still several programs that have lots of room for improvement. But even those programs have new facilities and support waiting under the Aggie tree for their use.
So, congratulations to the track teams and the athletic department as a whole. We have enjoyed our early Christmas presents and eagerly await to see what gifts we might receive come the actual holiday.
Brett Sebastian is a senior geography major.
These three NCAA national championships are the reward for years of hard work and being good little boys and girls. They are also much more enjoyable than the years of coal Reveille had been receiving in her stocking.
What is scary to think about, though, is just how much room to grow there is left. We are, after all, only in year six of the Bill Byrne show and there are still several programs that have lots of room for improvement. But even those programs have new facilities and support waiting under the Aggie tree for their use.
So, congratulations to the track teams and the athletic department as a whole. We have enjoyed our early Christmas presents and eagerly await to see what gifts we might receive come the actual holiday.
Brett Sebastian is a senior geography major.
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