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What all did you play?
I played volleyball and shotput
 
lived and breathed lacrosse. Div. 1 lacrosse killed my freshman year GPA soooo lacrosse went to the wayside in the name of vet school.
 
Played softball my whole life through high school. Took up lacrosse (club sport) in college, plus intramural softball and the occasional rec class.
 
I played soccer when I was in young and then again in junior high... then I played lacrosse in high school. I haven't played anything in college and I'm really not the competitive or sporty type! haha
 
I played Marching Band. That sport sucked.
 
It was fine during concert season, but having to practice every day after school for an hour in the southern Texas heat gets a bit weary after a while.
 
basketball half of high school, theater the other half. i did some intramural bball in college
 
HopefulAg said:
I played Marching Band. That sport sucked.
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Don't ya mean blows? 😉

I played soccer when I was young and into high school until I destroyed my knee (still have trouble with it ~10 years post injury). My college didn't offer any sports, except ultimate Frisbee... yeah I went to a major hippie school.😀
 
Horses, horses, horses, and ugh... more horses. And not just riding- all the barn chores to go with it. No "real" sports as some put it. Played soccer for 1 season but after I had an asthma attack at one game and collapsed... that was the end of soccer! :laugh:
 
When I was young: baseball (not softball like everyone thinks, just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I can't play with the boys), soccer (sucked at it), basketball (sucked), swim and dive, and gymnastics.

My favorite sport and the one I played through high school is tennis. Unfortunately, I stopped playing as much as I used to but I definitely miss it.

EDIT: oh yeh and I used to ride and work in a barn, too
 
i run. i ran xc and track in high school and college. I was an all-american in xc and ran the 5k steeple in track in college. qualified for nationals in the steeplechase 3 times. Still trying to run a lot and qualify for the Olympic trials in the marathon.
 
HopefulAg said:
It was fine during concert season, but having to practice every day after school for an hour in the southern Texas heat gets a bit weary after a while.
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Sure, that's why we practiced every morning from 7:00 to 8:45 and then went to our other classes. After school rehearsals only happened once a week for 3 hours. Woo.

I liked concert band much better, overall, but I did enjoy competing. We did lots of contests when marching and, well, we were pretty good. I think it did me well to take something so seriously in my freshman year of HS. Plus, the directors of the program were great mentors, the sort I would probably cry and hug if I met them today. Well, tomorrow. Not leaving the house today, it's like two degrees out there and that's damn cold for Oklahoma.
 
I did competitive figure skating for 8 years (quit in high school), miss it dearly 🙁. Also play tennis, snowboarding/skiing, volleyball, and I played varsity rugby for 2 years.
 
Riding. I finished my last two years of high school with a private tutor and doing online exams because I was on the road year round doing the AA H/J circuit. It was amazing and I wish I could do it all over again. I miss my horse show family!

I only get out to one or two of the summer series now that I'm in college which is a bummer but I'm lucky just to be able to do that in this ridiculously expensive sport!

I did play on an ultimate frisbee team for a couple years in college which was really fun but once my really hard classes kicked in I just didn't have enough time to do that and ride enough to keep my horses in shape.
 
I did gymnastics and dance when I was younger, but it got to the point where it felt like it was taking over my life and I quit, but I regretted it a lot about a year later.

I did cross country and track throughout high school. I'm doing cross country in college, and I may do track this spring because its a club sport at my school, so it won't require as much commitment as cross country does.
 
twelvetigers said:
I liked concert band much better, overall, but I did enjoy competing. We did lots of contests when marching and, well, we were pretty good. I think it did me well to take something so seriously in my freshman year of HS. Plus, the directors of the program were great mentors, the sort I would probably cry and hug if I met them today. Well, tomorrow. Not leaving the house today, it's like two degrees out there and that's damn cold for Oklahoma.
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I was in marching band too and i loved it! We competed at an Orange Bowl and some other events. I actually like marching band better than regular season because the music is easier and i loved competing. During symphonic season the music was SO hard you actually had to practice it haha i hated practicing.

I also played volleyball and was on the step team.

My fav. out of all of these was def the step team. Unfortunately, i was too scared to try out until senior year so I only got to do it for one year 🙁 but i guess its better than never trying out!
 
i played soccer and was a competitive swimmer, til i was hit head on by a drunk driver which resulted in a back injury and i haven't been able to play sports since. i swim for exercise/rehab. though.
 
HopefulAg said:
It was fine during concert season, but having to practice every day after school for an hour in the southern Texas heat gets a bit weary after a while.
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This is part of the reason why I quit marching band about 1 month in. The intense AZ heat; I think every person in the marching band fainted at least once because of the heat. The main reason was the a**hole band director.

After that I joined the bowling team. 🙂
 
I always preferred the more non-traditional sports: fencing and light weapons combat, mountaineering and rock climbing, archery, skiing, vaulting and trick riding, and other random outdoor adventure sports are my games.
 
Horses, Horses, Horses. I ride constantly and have never done another sport. I love the horses too much, they take all my free time and LOVE it!
 
Horses from the age of seven, then that tapered off as I got more involved in high school sports (track and xc). Did track for three years and cross for two. I miss the whole camaraderie of a team, we would do the stupidest things but it was a blast. College killed my schedule, so running got pushed ot the bottom of the list, but I am doing the Big Sur 21 miler with my mama in April, so that has forced me to at least start running again.
 
badcats said:
College killed my schedule, so running got pushed ot the bottom of the list, but I am doing the Big Sur 21 miler with my mama in April, so that has forced me to at least start running again.
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I know what you mean. I tried to continue sports in college by joining clubs but they just werent as fun since most people in them had never played on a team before. Then whenever i'd get a bad grade I'd push my gym/sports time back to work on my classes. Now that i graduated I joined the gym near me and have a routine again! I also signed up for the Avon walk for breast cancer so I'm excited to start raising money and working out for it! I don't know about other people, but it was really depressing for me to graduate and not be a part of as many things, so now i realized i need to branch out and see what activities the adult world has to offer 🙂
 
Another ride-aholic here. Eventing in my younger years, took a couple years off 'cause of a pretty bad injury, and now I just got a new horse (quarter horse, western trained for a brief stint as a baby, then broodmare for many years, so she's a nice combo of green-enough-to-not-be-ruined-by-bad-riding and old-enough-to-have-more-than-one-neuron-firing) who I'm trying to bring up to be a great all-arounder. Maybe we'll try some baby eventing - I've been free lunging her over a few crossrails and she thinks she's hot s*** when she pops over. I got soured to extreme competition, though.

Also, I'm just getting into hockey, which I've always wanted to play. Should be great stress relief during semesters! We've got a bunch of faculty that have a weekly game, and we're trying to get a team of vet students going. So hopefully by next year we can challenge the faculty.
 
I was in marching band as well, though not in college. I went to a few band practices until I realized that the resources (aka tubas and sousaphones) and the band itself were worse than my high school's.

In college... nothing. I focused on leadership and volunteering.
 
soccer and wrestling
 
I did ballet for 16 years. Not quite a sport but I loved it, still love it. I would love to be able to take classes again.

other than that I do (now) run, ski, and snowboard (badly). I never did them competitively though.
 
I played soccer all my life (until college...not enough time) and I also was a cheerleader
 
Baseball, basketball, and golf in high school, then 4 years of varsity baseball in college. I still miss the team atmosphere, competition, and traveling to games. Beer league softball and men's golf leagues just aren't the same.
 
Division 1 Track and Field-(Pole-vault.)

It killed my GPA-I was Pre-Vet switched to Civil Engineering...now well here I am taking post-bac classes trying to get all my pre-reqs and a good GPA. But I looved every minute of college sports. I met the best people and traveled around the country pole-vaulting. It was and still is a deep love of mine. So while it sucks to be back in school 3yrs after graduation and to probably get rejected this cycle..it's what I love and it will be worth it in the end.

So has anyone tried coaching? I did when I stopped vaulting and LOOOVVVED IT!!!

P.S. Ballet is a sport. At least I consider it a sport. An artsy sport. 😀
 
ImaJerseyGirl said:
Horses, horses, horses, and ugh... more horses. And not just riding- all the barn chores to go with it. No "real" sports as some put it. Played soccer for 1 season but after I had an asthma attack at one game and collapsed... that was the end of soccer! :laugh:
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Hello, Identical Twin!
Was on the varsity equestrian team all through high school, and had horses of my own. Took lessons ever since I was five. And I still love barn chores! Before I could drive, I'd have my parents drop me off at the barn bright and early, and I'd stay there alll day long quite happily. Thats where I got my start on 13 hour days lol

Played soccer as a kid until I busted my knee the first year of high school...and by busted, I mean shattered.
 
oilidigigoat said:
So has anyone tried coaching? I did when I stopped vaulting and LOOOVVVED IT!!!
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I assistant coached the distance events at a local college and now volunteer coach a high school. Our top runner was the WI state xc champ this past season.

I Love coaching and after undergrad, i thought for a bit that was my true calling, but I just can't give up the vet dream!
 
I was on the swim team from middle school until my senior year. I swam the butterfly. I injured my shoulder during my senior year because of that stroke, so I couldn't finish out the season. Swimming roughly 5 hours a day 6 days a week was terrible...esp when the day began at 5:15 am, which is when we had to be in the water.
I also played water polo 🙂love🙂 throughout HS. I played hole set. That was SO much more fun than the swim team.
 
jpeterman13 said:
I was on the swim team from middle school until my senior year. I swam the butterfly. I injured my shoulder during my senior year because of that stroke, so I couldn't finish out the season. Swimming roughly 5 hours a day 6 days a week was terrible...esp when the day began at 5:15 am, which is when we had to be in the water.
I also played water polo 🙂love🙂 throughout HS. I played hole set. That was SO much more fun than the swim team.
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I too was on the swim team, swam mostly free style and got All-american in 200 free relay. Also played water polo and was all South Florida I played driver. Maybe I’ll have a swim partner to keep In shape if we end up at the same place.
 
Soccer would have to be my passion, but I've also dabbled in lacrosse, ultimate frisbee, sand volley ball, dodge-ball and pretty much every board sport (i.e. surfing, wakeboarding, snowboarding...)
 
Sharpei5 said:
Maybe I’ll have a swim partner to keep In shape if we end up at the same place.
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me too, me too!! but i don't think the three of us applied to the same places 🙁
 
Soccer age 5 thru College. Basketball and softball in college.

Horses - evented growing up.

Fighting in my 30's - boxing, kickboxing, MMA

Current - race XC mountain biking
 
I have been doing karate for about 13 years. I love it!
 
I did the horses thing too. Hunters, jumpers, some eq till college. In college I did ISRA/AIEC and it was amazing (anyone still in school and age 28 or less should do it! It's like IHSA but way more awesome with lots bigger jumps) and I got to go to lots of cool places and meet new people all over the world with that. I also rode jumpers in France and Switzerland for a few years, which was also fun. I do some training and stuff now for a private barn, but I don't like showing in the US so much so I don't, and I sold my good horse anyways. I also got a little burnt out on dealing with the US show people. I'd like to get into something like polo though. I loved polo club in grad school!
 
Gymnastics until my doctor told me it was slowly going to ruin my body (my joints/tendons are not so great). Sucks because I had just started to train competitively at 11.

Soccer and running up until high school, but I was too nervous to try out for either team, something I still regret now. I still run on my own to stay in shape these days though.

Marching band throughout all of high school. The band director was an absolutely horrid person, and it got progressively less fun over the years. We were very competitive (and HUGE) though, so minus the B.S. that came along with the higher-ups it was a good time.

Crew for a year until our main coach quit. I disliked the replacement coaches and was irritated that the team didn't want to be as competitive as I wanted to be. I was supposed to be one of the team captains the next year but oh well lol. Disappointed my dad though, he was hoping I'd stick with it in college and get a scholarship... but I was not interested in waking up at 4am every day!

Then nothing really in college other than the running 6-8 miles a day on my own and trying out various gym classes when I have the time (Spinning and kickboxing are AWESOME!).
 
DVMorBust said:
Also, I'm just getting into hockey, which I've always wanted to play. Should be great stress relief during semesters! We've got a bunch of faculty that have a weekly game, and we're trying to get a team of vet students going. So hopefully by next year we can challenge the faculty.
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If I have to apply a third time, I am applying to Wisconsin for sure. 😉
 
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