# @ballstatetfxc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CZzt4bDPZkH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14838053-ballstatetfxc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-02-10T19:12:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ball State Track & Field / XC (@ballstatetfxc) — https://gondola.cc/ballstatetfxc

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10 things our current team culture does well:

1. Every event group can come together, have fun together, cheer for each other, respect each others' success & work ethic. [Team hangman over dinner time together, anyone?]

2. Willingness to get the grind done when Coach isn't looking-- example: even athletes who don't compete that 2nd meet competition day getting their run or xtrain in at early hours 

3. We have fun together [Team tiktok impromptu]

4. Great attitudes from athletes showing up to practice after long senior work internships or student-teaching or graduate seminars and still giving the best they have on that day [ emma.cunningham wanting to be there for her underclassmen holistically, and showing resilience through long days teaching elementary school kids 7am-3pm and practice right afterwards!] 

4. Older athletes who are not ranked #1 in the conference showing they are proud of their younger teammates that have earned high rankings in the conference or nationally-- they can be happy for others' growth and achievements while still chasing their own 

5. We push each other fiercely at practice to pull the best out of each other but when we go compete, the focus is not on beating each other, it's on beating the competition and extracting our highest effort [ makensie1203 and j_v_rogers17 pushing each other in practice]

6. We enjoy competing and performing [ a.leiah zooming]

7. Academics are important and a priority--we are STUDENT-athletes 

8. Everyone is a candidate for the 4x4 relay, and it's an honor to be asked to step on a relay leg for your team: this team understands that...even if that's scary or that race feels fast or far compared to your usual competition metric 

10. Athletes are gaining confidence in practice from the work and are drawing on it in competition--they're starting to believe in their bones what the coaches already see and know. 

#beacardinal #ballstateathletics #ballstatecardinals #ncaatrackandfield #ncaadivision1

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