Photos are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kKc3jPyFZ73zrHSb9

After doing my 43rd 5K of 2023 on August 5th, my wife, Gail and I attended the UTSA “Meet-and-Greet” event at the UTSA campus to meet the UTSA football players, coaches, staff, etc. It was interesting how they did it. We waited in a line until 1 pm – we got there pretty early, so we were quite close to the front of the line – and then we went down a line of tables where the players and coaches were sitting and got to get their autographs on a poster we were given, as well as chat with them for a bit as we went along. A couple of them, lol, even recognized me from me doing the BryceStrong 5K since the late Bryce is the brother of Rashad Wisdom,who sadly passed away at age 14 of a rare form of cancer. His parents started the BryceStrong Foundation to help families who have kids dealing with cancer. The BryceStrong 5K is an annual fund raiser to help with this. I met Diana when I did this 5K for the first time and we became friends. I do a photo race report on this event when I attend it and send it to Diana.

When I got to where Rashad was sitting, he saw me and gave me a “Scottydog!” call out. I jokingly told him his mother had told me to make sure he was behaving, lol. Of course, Rashad always behaves (I think, lol) his parents sure raised him right; a good young man. A couple of other players down the line also recognized me too, from doing the BryceStrong 5K. I got to chat with Coach Traylor for a brief couple of minutes since I am UTSA staff and Coach knows my Department boss. I also got to connect with Rowdy (team mascot) again, which was nice. A pretty fun time, actually.