Monday, September 16, 2013

Sean Rodgers Blog 2


Achieving Greatness

Everything erupted.  It all happened so fast.  Everything was blurred at first.  The stands of Randolph High School were erupting.  High school students were running.  Running toward me.  As I was tackled by one, two, then 15 of my teammates all surrounding me, screaming and hugging me as I ran off the mat after the finals of the district championships. 
            This memory was the greatest I have ever experienced.  It brings me back to a journey.  A journey of four long, tough years that I had fought and worked toward one goal.  After my first match as a middle school wrestler, one father in the organization came up to me.  He said that one day I was going to be a district champion, and he was going to be there for it.  After that moment, I had a goal.  I wanted, more than anything, to be a district champion for my high school.
            As my freshman, sophomore, and junior year went by, I was becoming better and better.  After a huge achievement of making the varsity team as a freshman, I was focusing my life on wrestling.  I was becoming faster, more skilled and more passionate.  I attended clubs all year long, and wrestled at colleges during the summers.  Even breaking my thumb junior year did not stop me.  I would continue to wrestle with a cast. 

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