Athletic Hopes

There was good news and sad news from Penn Athletics on the 64th day of 2021.  Good News was that 3/5/2021 was the first day of Phase 3 return to action for Penn Athletics.  This allows full practices (with continued Covid precautions) in preparation for Phase 4 which hopefully would include an abbreviated, local competition schedule.  The sad, sad news is that Grace Calhoun, our wonderful Director of Athletics has announced her departure to become VP and Director of Athletics at Brown, her alma mater.  I totally understand the draw of returning (well, in my case I never left) to one's alma mater, especially since she was a varsity athlete there.  Truly a Homecoming in every sense of the word.  Brown's gain will be Penn's loss and, thus, tonight I have Athletic Hopes.  Hopes for Phase 4, hopes that during the days off this week that the students do not engage in behavior that will cause spikes on campus (it would be horrible if the actions of non-athletes ruined the chances for the athletes), and hopes that the upcoming search for Grace's replacement is as successful as the one that searched for her.

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