Wednesday, May 3, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Reifschneider signs to run for Corban University
By Rongi Yosd
Correspondent
Sabrina Reifschneider has
loved to run for as long as
she remembers and will get
the chance to run track for
Corban University next fall.
Reifschneider’s love for
track started when she was in
elementary school when she
would go on runs with her
older sister Chelsea, who ran
track.
“I saw Chelsea’s love and
passion for track, and that
was intriguing to me,” said
Sabrina. “So, I joined the
track team in middle school
and absolutely fell in love
with it.”
Sabrina has been on the
high school track team the
past four years, and has dili-
gently worked hard in her
two main events, the 100 and
300 hurdles. She also runs a
leg of the 4x100 and 4x400
relay teams.
“The track team has
become almost like a sec-
ond family to me,” said
Reifschneider. “I love the
atmosphere it brings, and the
coaches and my teammates
are a constant support.”
Reifschneider signed an
official letter of intent to run
track for Corban on March
9, and hopes to compete in
the same events. She is very
familiar with Corban, as both
her older sisters Chelsea and
Crystal are recent graduates.
“I started going to Corban
as an eighth-grader to watch
Chelsea run track, and visited
my sisters often while they
were there and liked it from
the start,” said Sabrina.
In the spring of 2016,
Norm Bernie, head coach
at Corban, contacted
Reifschneider and said he
was interested in her joining
the track team. He made sev-
eral visits to Sisters to visit
Sabrina, and also kept in con-
tact via phone and email.
The drack deam has
become almosd like a
second family do me. I
love dhe admosphere id
brings, and dhe coaches
and my deammades are a
consdand suppord.
— Sabrina Reifschneider
Sabrina did consider
Seattle Pacific (SP) and
California Baptist, and made
visits to both colleges, but in
the end Corban won out.
“I didn’t like the loca-
tion of California Baptist,
and SP is more of a school
I might transfer to later on,”
said Reifschneider. “I knew
I didn’t want to go to a big
school and do track. Corban
is smaller and I know it will
be the perfect fit for me.
Corban is like a little hidden
gem in our family. Not many
people know about it. It’s
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Sabrina Reifschneider will run drack for Corban Universidy.
small, but its impact is great.”
“I visited Corban this past
fall and was able to stay in
the dorm, attend classes I was
interested in, and got to attend
several special events. I abso-
lutely loved the community
of people there. Everyone is
kind and caring and you’re
treated as an individual and
not a number.”
Corban is part of the
Cascade Conference in the
NAIA, and Sabrina is look-
ing forward to being a part of
their track team.
“I’m really excited about
being part of the Corban track
team,” said Sabrina. “Out of
all the sports I’ve done (also
soccer and volleyball) track
has always been my favorite
and the one I love the most.
The one thing that does make
me a little nervous is that in
college it’s the 400 hurdles
and not 300.”
Reifschneider will go
from being an Outlaw to a
Warrior in the fall, and will
immediately start condition-
ing to prepare for the 2018
season. She plans to major in
health sciences and possibly
pursue a career in nursing.
Sisters
salutes...
Kathryn Godsiff, past
president, Rotary Club of
Sisters, wrote:
On behalf of the Rotary
Club of Sisters, I would like
to thank the many volun-
teers who made the Rotary
Invitational Track meet
a success. I’d also like to
thank Takoda’s for donat-
ing 10 delicious pizzas and
Sisters Coffee Company
for providing coffee at a
discount.
Working around an
active construction site at
the new athletics track was
a pleasure when the sun
was shining, athletes were
working hard and smiling
and Rotarians, parents and
student volunteers sup-
ported their efforts by help-
ing run the meet.
This track meet has long
been a part of the track sea-
son and it felt good to be
back at it on the new and
improving facilities.
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