GETTING TO KNOW ....
Jeff Roland |
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Name: Jeff Roland
Favorite Food: Any kind of pasta
Favorite Movie: Super Troopers
Favorite Television Show: Entourage
Favorite Musical Artist: Dispatch, O.A.R.
A word to describe me when I am competing:
Intense
A word to describe me away from the athletic
venue: Relaxed
My most memorable athletic moment was:
Quadruple overtime basketball victory senior year in high
school
My most memorable Emory athletic moment: Running
at Pre-Nationals my freshman year. Hopefully this will change to
running at Nationals after this season is over
What I like most about Emory: My friends
I would like to switch places for the day with: Roy Williams
My favorite place on the Emory campus:
The Woodpec, I spend too much time there for it not to be.
Favorite pro athlete: Antawn Jamison
The sports teams I followed when I was younger: North Carolina and most of the Boston teams - Patriots, Celtics. For some reason I've always hated the Red Sox even though I'm from New Hampshire
My favorite class at Emory and why: History of Film since 1938. I learned so much about the industry and I look at films a completely different way now.
The people who have helped me most at Emory are and
why: My teammates. They're always there for me when I've
needed them most
Any pre-meet/competition rituals: I always
listen to Baba O'Reilly by The Who after I warm up and before I put
on my spikes
The sport I would be playing if I wasn't running/on the
track and field team: I played basketball in high
school
If I could have dinner with only three people in history,
they would be: James Naismith, Johnny Evers (my great
uncle, who's in the Baseball Hall of Fame and I never got to meet),
George Washington
The best advice I have ever been given and who gave it to
you: You should never go into a race nervous. The training
you've done should give you the confidence you need to succeed -
Bob Kennedy
What is something that very few, if any, people know about
you: I was actually born in Atlanta
GETTING TO KNOW ....
Rob Leventhal |
Name: Rob Leventhal
Favorite Food: Wingnuts - cheap and effective
Favorite Movie: 28 days later - highly underrated and fun to watch as well
Favorite Television Show: Flava of Love 2 - Flava Flav just tells it how it is
Favorite Musical Artist: Jimi Hendrix
A word to describe me when I am competing: cross - reserved; track - bold
A word to describe me away from the athletic venue: Who comes up with these questions? I don't know
My most memorable athletic moment was: Winning the 800 at indoor conference as a sophomore over the eventual national runner-up
My most memorable Emory athletic moment: Winning the 800 at indoor conference as a sophomore over the eventual national runner-up
What I like most about Emory: Academic and social diversity - you can learn a lot just by living here
I would like to switch places for the day with: Tiger woods - his wife is smokin
My favorite place on the Emory campus: The track
Favorite pro athlete: Haile Gebrselassie & Dwyane Wade - I couldn't choose
The sports teams I followed when I was younger: Orlando Magic ... what a mistake
My favorite class at Emory and why: Military Ethics (Phil 235)- the teacher was amazing and it was a very informative and interesting class
The people who have helped me most at Emory are and why: Kenneth Murrah '55C, '58L- very respectable and generous person who has guided many people towards Emory
Any pre-meet/competition rituals: Be awake three hours before a race, even if it means waking up at 4 am
The sport I would be playing if I wasn't on the track and field/cross country teams: Racquetball, but I'm horrible at it. Or x-box
If I could have dinner with only three people in history, they would be: Immanuel Kant, Johann Fichte, and Georg Hegel - I'd like to see them argue with each other about freedom
The best advice I have ever been given and who gave it to you: You can be good at anything if you practice 3 hours a day - I don't remember who, maybe I made it up
What is something that very few, if any, people know about you: I was adopted