Catch up with TCU senior Jackie Torda in her first summer journal. Torda was named to the Mountain West Conference second team and was honored as one of the the top 38 players in the nation for the 2009 season.
We are about three weeks into summer now and I still can't believe that I am going into my senior season. It seems just yesterday that I came in as a little freshman with no idea what was going on. It has been such a great three years so far and I have nothing but high hopes for my final season as a Horned Frog.
Before we left for the summer we were given our summer workout packets. They are very similar to those of the past summers and involve a lot of intervals, long distance running, weight lifting and plyometrics. Although the summer is time for some rest and relaxation, we have all committed to staying fit and in shape. We have set our goals that we want to accomplish and there is nothing that can stand in the way. If we each stay focused and follow the workouts we were given, we are going to give ourselves a chance to achieve some very special things in the fall.
We are all playing throughout summer, either for U-19 club teams or for WPSL teams that are in the area.Alex Mechalske, Lindsay Holmes, Lauren Wysoski and myself have all been playing with a local Fort Worth team, while Chelsea Cody, Kaylie Garcia and Jordan Calhoun are playing for a team in Oklahoma. We are in the same conference so it is going to be a fun game when we get to play against each other at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.
"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before." - Steve Young
GO FROGS!!
