The Recruiting Trip (The University of Gatica #1) Read Free Page B

the meet. We’ll catch a movie or something after.” She turned slightly so the coach wouldn’t see her wink. “We’ll figure something out. See ya.” She saluted Coach Anderson before leaving.
    Coach Anderson chuckled before pointed to a leather chair for Aileen to sit down in. He went back around the desk. “Jani’s a fireball. She’s got lots of spirit. You won’t be bored around her.” His phone began to ring. He checked the caller ID before muting it. “Jani broke the school high jump record as a freshman last year. She qualified for NCAA’s indoor and outdoor last year. Coach Maves is the jumps coach. She thinks Jani will set a new PR at tomorrow’s meet.” He leaned back, resting his elbows on the arms of his chair, and folding his hands together. “I’d like to hear about you. How is school going? Training?”
    Aileen was used to this. The past four recruiting trips had all the coaches asking her the same questions. “School’s good.”
    “By your GPA, it looks like you aren’t having any problems.” Coach Anderson chuckled. “Do you know what you want to study when you start university?” He scratched his jawline. “Last time we talked you said you weren’t sure.”
    “I’m still trying to decide. I like the sciences. Maybe biology or something like that.”
    “Gatica has a very strong science department. If you decide to major in biology, or any life science jobs, it opens you up to a lot of possibilities like biotechnology, pharmaceutical, post doctorate. We have a fantastic master’s program here as well. There is also kinesiology. A lot of the athletes at the school get into the kin or physio therapy program. The school just added a new sport therapy program to go with it. The classes filled very quickly.”
    “I’ll have to look into the program.” She said politely. They did interest her, more than dissecting frogs and rats for the next four years. She just wasn’t sure she wanted to show any interest in anything particular.
    “And how’s training going?”
    She didn’t mean to, but a sigh slipped from her lips. “It’s going. My high school coach has me training through indoors to focus junior nationals this summer.”
    Coach Anderson nodded. “It’s not a bad idea. I know it’s more fun to compete than it is to train, but it’ll pay off in the long run.”
    She nodded, glad he got it. “I like training. It’s fun practicing or doing plyometrics and stuff in the weight room. My coach just has some crazy ideas for combining weight room stuff with plyos. Since I’m from a small town and we only train at the high school, he likes finding things in the school to use for training.” She laughed. “Last week he decided to make an obstacle course inside the school. I mean down the halls. He found this old tire and filled half of it with sand and made me run stairs with it, then drop it and hop over these old chairs he had found in a storage room. I had to hurdle them! It was crazy. They were set so the chair part was facing me and I have to get my lead leg down fast or I’d nail the next chair. It was deadly.” She still had a good bruise on her shin to prove it.
    “I think I like your coach.” Coach Anderson smiled. “I like his work ethic. We just happened to have a better choice of training equipment to use. Gatica’s football program had a state of the art weight room and training facility that all the varsity sports use. You’ll see it tomorrow morning.” He pointed to a panoramic picture hanging beside Tyler Jensen’s picture. It showed the indoor track. “We have cold winters. I won’t lie to you about that. However our indoor facility has hosted Indoor Nationals and international meets. It’s one of the best in the country. We do warm weather training over spring break, usually down in Florida, and also head south for a number of our opening outdoor meets of the season. It works well for us.”
    She liked the idea of spending a weekend in Florida,