10 DAY in the Life Page 6 of 8 Page 10 of 26 Beginning with a stationary bike warm-up, the trio sets in motion what will be 17 uninterrupted hours of bustling activity in and around the College's central athletic building. By day's end, hundreds of students, coaches, faculty and staff will have made their way through these doors for classes, workouts, practices and play. The Rains Center, completed in 1989, is the crown jewel of Pomona's athletic complex. Open seven days a week, the building is populated throughout the day, with the weight room and the new cardiovascular room seeing heavy use. Some make the pilgrimage daily, others only once or twice a week.
Morning here is classtime.
Weights bang out colliding rhythms as the radio plays hits from the '70s. Out on the Pauley Tennis Courts, Coach Mike Riskas patiently drops ball after ball to feed beginning students in their backhand practice. Some students are hitting, some are retrieving balls, some are standing behind Riskas shadowing the backhand motion. Like a well-oiled machine, all students are in action. One heads out the gate to retrieve a home-run backhander that has cleared the fence.