Other classes this afternoon include three swimming courses, as well as beginning fencing. Across the hall from the weight room, the training room opens for business around noon. From now until an hour after the last varsity practice ends at seven, Jones, Assistant Trainer Heidi Stevens and a crew of work-study students will tend to the training needs of the varsity teams. Ice baths and water jugs are filled, and rolls of tape are stacked in anticipation of needy ankles. Early November is a busy time since the end of fall season overlaps the start of winter team practices.
Most varsity teams begin practice just after four.
Most fall teams have just ended their seasons, while the hoopsters and swimmers have yet to compete. The men's football and soccer players look relaxed as they head in. Likewise for the soccer players, who defeated both Redlands and Cal Lutheran in the previous week to end the '99 campaign. The women's soccer and volleyball teams both finished successful seasons two weeks before. The men's water polo team cruises to Haldeman Pool for a final week of preparations before the upcoming weekend's conference tournament at Caltech.