As a child, many of us remember forcing our parents to let us go on a pony ride at a fair, and many more may have wanted a horse after that but unfortunately our fantasies were short lived.
For others however, riding these animals and wielding mallets at thirty miles per hour is just another thursday afternoon.
Hana Diller, a junior at seabury Hall, is one of the many under recognized people at Seabury Hall. Hana was born on Maui and has been attending Seabury since freshman year. The game of polo is described by Diller as a combination of hockey and soccer, except the player is mounted on a one thousand pound horse. Thus, the player must establish good coordination and skills with the mallet while also controlling the horse.
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But with rigorous training comes success. Hana has always been a humble person and I had to do some research and I found that she and her team placed 4th in 2013 on a national level in the United States Polo Association Girls’ National Interscholastic Championship tournament at University of Connecticut.
Diller has established a reputation for herself as a seasoned veteran of the game of polo. She has played for six years but has been on horses since she could remember.
As an outsider to the game I thought what could drive a person to sacrifice so much of their time to a sport. Many of the Varsity sports practice schedules were overshadowed by her rigorous training regiment. When I asked Hana, she replied “Honestly, I think it’s one of the most fast paced sports i’ve ever played in my entire life, so i think the fact that everything is going super fast, your brain has to work super fast to anticipate the next play and for any other sport its like that, and for soccer it’s like that as well but you’re not going 30 mph on a horse hitting a ball that could go over 100. Its really thrilling I guess to be on a fast paced level playing a sport when you’re only
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She led the team to a Conference championship and a State Championship. As a Senior she was the #1 player in the nation, averaged a triple double with 31 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. For the second consecutive year in history, she led the team to a state championship and led the nation in scoring. All four years in high school she was selected to be on the all-state team, all-region team, and all-conference team. During the summers of her High School years she would continue practicing and playing for an AAU team.
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playing when she was in middle school. Lisa Leslie started playing in high school, scored
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Maddie Gardner, one of the most famous cheerleaders in the All-Star cheerleading world. A.K.A – a “Cheerlebrity.” I first found out about Maddie through a video on CNN my friend sent me, and ever since, I’ve always looked up to her as an idol! She’s been cheering for 14 years, and joined Cheer Extreme All-Stars (CEA) in Kernersville, North Carolina when she was 7. Maddie has always been the front and center flyer (point flyer) and when she joined CEA’s Senior Elite – the best senior all-girl team, she suddenly became famous for her specialty stunt! Her ball up 360 tick-tock to stretch! As she was the first and only to ever perform it on stage at WORLDS 2010, it helped her team win the gold for the first time! Determined to keep her team on top next season, a fatal accident weeks before WORLDS 2011. She tore her ACL falling from a stunt! She was out for a whole week, but returned to practices working through the pain in her knee… Finally, at WORLDS 2011, Senior Elite competed with a flawless run on day 1. Although on day 2; the mood suddenly changes as Maddie’s famous stunt...
...her heritage and the rich history of womankind. The female athlete must be sensitive to this and show that, even as she succeeds in a traditionally male arena, she can satisfy this most basic of feminine ideals.
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