Kartsonis said that because he was quarantined at the very beginning of the module, his light workload paired with the absence of any social activities gave him much more time to do all the extra activities that he wouldn’t regularly do like core exercises and hip-strengthening.ĭespite their ability to easily navigate the physical aspect of quarantine, some mentioned that the experience caused them to feel a little alienated from their teams. “I think we came out of it more involved with cross country, because that was one of the few things that we could actually do.”Īll athletes agreed that quarantine did not negatively impact their training. “If anything, with the exception of the first couple days, when we weren’t allowed to leave the room, we had a lot more time to think and honestly even over-analyze our training,” said Kartsonis.

When asked if quarantine impacted their fitness, Farrington commented that “once was allowed to run, continued with normal schedule and was able to maintain fitness.”

“We would really milk the time that we were allowed outside for as much as it was worth,” said Kartsonis. Once they were allowed to leave their room, Kartsonis and Farrington spent a lot of time outside. The member of the women’s team said she luckily brought a few weights and resistance bands to college which helped get her body moving while confined to her dorm room.īased on how limited their contact with the student who tested positive was, the administration eventually determined that the student-athletes were allowed to exercise outside as long as they were alone and wearing a mask. “For the first few days when I was not allowed to run, I did a lot of core workouts and then some cardio workouts like burpees, jump squats, high knees,” said Farrington. In order to maintain fitness, the runners had to get creative within their rooms. “It’s basically a miracle we didn’t destroy the room during that period of time,” said Kartsonis.Ī first-year on the women’s team who did not wish to be named echoed his restlessness, saying, “Going to the bathroom to shower was my exciting expedition for the day.” įor students who are used to constantly moving, being confined to a first-year dorm room that is most likely no larger than 210 square feet is enough to drive them stir crazy. “During the first few days in quarantine, the college was still figuring out whether it would be safe or not for us to exercise alone outside,” said Ned Farrington ’24, who quarantined with his roommate and fellow teammate Sam Kartsonis ‘24. When multiple first-year members of both the women’s and men’s cross country teams were told they needed to quarantine for 14 days, just days after arriving on campus, their short-lived “college-experience” was drastically altered.Īll student-athletes who were interviewed expressed initial confusion with the rules around physical activity at the beginning of the quarantine process.

Ilana Zeilinger, Assistant Features Editorĭaily life for student-athletes at Bates normally consists of regularly scheduled physical-activity and socialization with their teammates and coaches however, all of that is jeopardized when student-athletes are quarantined.

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