Silence. Solitude. Trickling fountains. The women's soccer coach took a handful of athletes to Saint Leo's Abbey for a Sunday retreat focused on prayer and self-evaluation. The only element that interrupted the zen of the moment were the ants crawling everywhere - in a rare stroke of genius I had remembered to bring along a blanket, which helped fend off the crawling creatures.
It is interesting that even though this retreat was open to all athletes, the only ones who showed up for the 6 am gathering were females (besides the soccer coach). Feel free to form your own thoughts regarding the male athletes of our campus. Maybe someone should have sent them the memo that a vow of celibacy wasn't required to get on the bus.
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