Cornell has a lot of unique features in its athletic program because of its membership in the Ivy League. The Transatlantic series is one of those features. Even though I am a big sports fan, I had never heard of this track and field event. Throughout the presentation i recognized a few of the names like Roger Bannister and I read about the Penn Relays in high school, but it was interesting to learn about how the Ivy League competes against Oxford and Cambridge. One interesting tidbit that Mr. Willcox conveyed to us was that for the English teams when they travel to the U.S., they spend about 15 days moving throughout the different campuses and then to New York City and that the dates in which the competition takes place, usually coincides with the English examination period. He also said that in between events, some students will often be seen study for their upcoming exams. This reminded me of the cafe from earlier in the year when the Cornell tennis coach told us a story about how one of his athletes had to drive to and from a tournament while also attending all of his classes. A common perception is that university athletes have it easy and dont have to try as hard in school. These individuals discussed put this perception to shame. One of the themes of the talk was to look at life in a different way and after hearing Mr. Willcox describe the schedules that these athletes have and the performance that they have to obtain both on and off the track is truly astonishing.