Thursday, October 1, 2009

FAU Men's Cross Country Runs Into Trouble



Last Friday night, Sept. 25, didn't go well for the FAU men's cross country team.

To start the weekend off, there was a huge 21st birthday bash for one of the guys on the cross country team.

According to one of the teammates, who asked not to be named for underage drinking reasons, said that the party had "lots of pretty girls, enough alcohol for an army, and extremely loud music."

I'm assuming that music faded immediately when four Boca Raton police officers showed up to the party.

Then, one of runners mentioned to the officers that they were part of the Florida Atlantic University men's cross country team.

That didn't turn out the way he planned.

Next thing they knew, three more officers arrived. But this time, it was Florida Atlantic University police.

The cops took every one's name and went straight to--you guessed it--Alex Smolka, the head coach of the FAU men's cross country team.

Coach Smolka was not happy at all.

He sent a text at 7 a.m. on Saturday to both the women's and men's cross country teams about partying, underage drinking, and getting into trouble with the university police, and he held a meeting next practice explaining the potential consequences if this happened again.

But next time, I'm sure everyone will just make a run for it!

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