{"id":3767,"date":"2018-04-16T20:31:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T20:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2018-04-16T20:31:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T20:31:44","slug":"racing-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/04\/16\/racing-to-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing to the top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p>By Maddie Noonan \u201819, Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>Heartbeat racing, his spikes pound the track, one step in front of the other as Stephen Shelly rounds the last bend of the track, closing in on the finish line completing yet another 3000-meter steeplechase for LVC\u2019s men\u2019s track &amp; field team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, the men\u2019s side\u00a0is having a bit of a building year,\u201d Shelly, a senior actuarial science major, said. \u201cDuring the indoor season the team paced 6 and even though the team is young, we\u2019re looking forward to grabbing that 5<sup>th<\/sup> spot at the conference meet in May,\u201d Shelly said.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s track &amp; field team has recently graduated a majority of its seasoned athletes, leaving this year\u2019s younger team with much experience to gain and a lot of room to improve and grow.<\/p>\n<p>Although they are a young team, the athletes are eager to tackle the upcoming invitational at Messiah College.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the women\u2019s track &amp; field team is a force to be reckoned with. During this year\u2019s indoor season the women\u2019s team placed fifth out of thirteen teams, with a large majority of the team qualifying for ECAC\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, a few of the women on the team brought home medals from ECAC\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a blend of experienced returners and eager freshman,\u201d Rebecca Dertinger, a junior international business and global studies double major, said.<\/p>\n<p>A majority of the women\u2019s team are underclassmen, but confidence is not lacking. The upcoming meet with Messiah College will be a good barometer where the team stands as it prepares for the conference championship.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Maddie Noonan \u201819, Staff Writer Heartbeat racing, his spikes pound the track, one step in front of the other as Stephen Shelly rounds the last bend of the track, closing in on the finish <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/04\/16\/racing-to-the-top\/\" title=\"Racing to the top\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-features","8":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}