On Monday morning, the boys packed their gear ready to leave the La Quinta Inn and head to St Mark's. On the way, we stopped off at the Dallas Aquarium, where we saw a range of animals, from panthers to sharks. Gus Van Der Nagel dropped his new impressions mixtape, featuring a Jon Snow monologue to inspire some penguins that was straight fire. Next we went to the 6th floor museum, where the boys took an enthralling audio tour of the book depository which President JFK was allegedly assassinated from. We got to stand metres away from the window that the shots were allegedly fired from, and see a range of historical information.
After this, we headed to Southern Methodist University, ranked number 19 in the country for basketball, to see their facilities and watch them practice. They boys were in awe of the school, which was great from the classrooms to the offices, and, of course, the recently built basketball stadium. Everyone saw the level of hard work and dedication that it takes to play college basketball, in particular from current red-shirt Semi Ojeleye. The team was put through a gruelling half-hour warmup which included a range of stretching, ball-handling and shooting drills. Unfortunately, we had to leave after only 30 minutes, so we headed to St Mark's to watch the team train and meet the boys that we would be living with for the next two days.
When we saw the St Mark's Varsity team train, we were once again amazed by the execution and professionalism that these boys showed. After training, we met our billets and headed to their houses for what was an enjoyable night for all the boys, mixing with people from a variety of different backgrounds and making new friends.
Lachlan Marchant
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