Pompine

There is an "age-old" SportsChallenge tradition that harkens back to my Haverford College days—THE POMPINE. (Various spellings exist.) It's a game of chance involving a group of athletes or coaches (or both) throwing fingers on one hand and adding up the total result to see who "it" lands on. The loser (or winner depending on the situation) has to do a previously agreed upon task such as clearing the trays at dinner.


Yesterday, after a suspenseful pompine at lunch, Coach Gomez was chosen as the lucky winner to be carried into evening forum as well as perform an inspiring chant for the word of the day: RISK. Check out how it turned out below! Enjoy :)



This classic pompine was followed by yet another creative gamble when coaches played and the two losers/winners had to wear the clothes chosen by the other loser/winner at this morning's speed and agility session (aka vitamins). So, true to the game, at 6:50am this morning, all 6'5" of Coach Kirk Daulerio was donning the soccer shorts of the relatively very petite Coach Molly Arenberg. Molly is a former soccer player at Marquette; she chose a tie-dyed-t (mid-rift on Coach Daulerio) that made for a an interesting session as Coach Daulerio did the ladder work-out, lunges and hurdles in his new outfit! (Did I mention that Coach Daulerio is the father of two and a college admissions director in his spare time!).

About an hour ago, at the end of their Conflict Resolution class, three girls basketball players lost a pompine and are now very excited about having to read aloud the new poem they created in order to fill the emotional fuel tank of Coach Kizmahr Grell. (I'll leave explaining the emotional fuel tank for another day...)

Coach Jeremy Edwards