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August 4, 2021
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Adjusting to new college schedules takes time for some College means big focus on time management, especially for athletes
MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT PART 3 OF 3
BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
High-school-turned-college athletes have more than a few things to balance in their first year away from home. Aside from such day-to-day things as opening a checking account and finding time to eat, they have to be punctual for practices, film sessions, weight training and college classes, all without any help. They might be some of the most ardent subscribers to the “Can We Add Another Hour or Two to the Day Club?” It may not be as daunting as it sounds, though. That’s one of the topics - so is a general description of college athletics and college athletics in a time of a pandemic - that is up for discussion in the third part of our adjustment to college series. Balancing college needs Most of those surveyed said the effort to balance all the needs in their new life wasn’t too bad, including former Frederick football player Blake Duran. “Class scheduling opens up to athletes first so we can work our classes around our practices and lifting so we never miss a practice because
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Frederick High School grad Davis Richard, No. 10 left, said time management has not FILE PHOTO been a problem.
of class,” said Duran, who played at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota. “Eating and laundry are very accessible. At most, you’ll have three classes a day and time in between, so you have plenty of time to eat or do laundry if you have to.” That wasn’t always true. It was a difficult start for Brighton High School grad Ivan Scarpino. “But once I started to write down what I’m doing at exactly what time then I got much more organized,” said Scarpino, who played football at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. “And after a
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couple of weeks I was able to adjust into balancing school, sports and life.” Scarpino’s classmate, Tori Haug, who played softball at Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, said it wasn’t “super-hard” for her to find that balancing act. “Everyone is willing to help everyone, which makes it so much easier to get everything done on time,” she said. “When it comes to the basic needs, we do a lot of things as a team. But it can be super difficult at times.” She said college is “very much based on you.” “There are times that you have to make time for yourself to get your stuff done,” she said. “You choose to procrastinate and push things off until they absolutely need to be done it, makes it a lot harder to find a good period of time that you can get all of your stuff done. For me, when it needs to get done, I just do it then. It has seemed to make things easier for me and has allowed me to have more free time.” For Fort Lupton alum Antonio Marquez, balancing his schedule was “a challenge” at first. “But I took time out of my day to figure out a schedule that could balance all of them while still having
fun,” said Marquez, who competes at Western Colorado University in Gunnison. “I have certain days where it could just be working hard on school. some days where I am focusing on my basic needs. My athletic needs are just every day at a certain time. Then my time to really enjoy life comes from the weekends where I can go on a hike, swim, or my favorite, camping. I camp almost every weekend.” Prairie View alum Kyle Melvin had a leg up on the time management piece before he went to Providence Christian College in Pasadena, California. “I have never been that bad at time management, but it is definitely an important skill to have,” he said. “What I do is after practice and classes, I work on my homework so by the late evening I can socialize a lot and relax. Sundays, I make sure to have that as my day of rest from everything.” Frederick grad Davis Richard said balancing his needs wasn’t as hard as he thought it was going to be. “You just need to be able to manage your time well,” said Richard, who went to Central Wyoming Community College. Brighton graduate Abi Read, who wound up at Metropolitan State University in Denver, said the timebalancing piece wasn’t hard for her. “The most important thing I have learned is to take care of things in order of priority,” she said. “It is also easier to take care of tasks before they become big issues. Laundry would be a good example. I also still live at home, so I didn’t have to overcome homesickness and other adjustments of that sort. However, I do have more responsibilities around the house now than I did in high school.” Then there was Brighton’s Isaiah Madril who, along with his twin brother, Noah, went to the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa. SEE COLLEGE, P13
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