It may be the fall semester, but the 10 Orange Coast College spring sports are not taking any time off.The men's crew team (pictured) has 90 participants in its program and the women's side also has over 75 athletes.
In case you are wondering, that is a huge number of rowers for the crew program.
Head women's crew coach Laura Behr said that she had close to 60 people show up for crew last season but many of them dropped out after the first two weeks.
This year, barely any rowers dropped.
Other spring sports are packed in practice also.
The men's volleyball program expected to have over 30 athletes work out with the team last year. The number increased rather than decreased since last year.
Head softball coach Ruby Rojas, who went winless in the Orange Empire Conference last season, said this season will be completely different.
Not only is the program getting a brand new softball field (set to be completed by spring season), the program has a brand new set of recruits that Rojas is excited about.
"So excited about my JC team. It is going to be a good year this year plus with a brand new stadium," Rojas said on her Twitter page, twitter.com/rrojas8.
Winter ball for the defending state champion baseball team will start within a month also.
Men's and women's swimming - with the men's winning state last year - golf and track and field are the other spring sports at Coast.
To contact the head coaches of all the spring sports, go to the Orange Coast College's athletics section to find out contact information.
And on a personal note. Yours truly is practicing with the golf team this fall. On Monday (Sept. 14), I shot my personal best score, a six-under-par 64, during the morning practice with my teammates.
It's probably unethical to report my own success, but I just couldn't help myself.
[Photo courtesy of twitter.com/giantkillers (OCC men's crew program)]
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