Today in front of the post office, this guy saw the William & Mary shirt I was wearing and said “hey, I was at William & Mary.” This is a rare event, since it's fairly small school in another state and its always great to talk to oldtimers, so I pressed it a bit and asked him when and so forth. Then I realized I was talking to the great Harry Groves, track coach at Penn State for a million years, who is, I'm told, a bit of a legend in US track & field (athletics). I knew he’d been at W&M, but it took me a moment to recollect that. He never said “I’m harry groves” and I never said “I know who you are,” so it was weird, but he went on about how he started the Colonial Relays and how the College president at the time told him it was such a great event to get alumni and politicians in Richmond to care and how he’s going back for a reunion and how they want him to officiate the Relays. Really friendly guy.
He's retired. But he was wearing a stop watch. A fancy one that was so big that it looked to be causing him to lean forward slightly.
He's retired. But he was wearing a stop watch. A fancy one that was so big that it looked to be causing him to lean forward slightly.
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