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Sports Med The sports med club at Walden Grove works hard to make sure all student athletes are healthy and fit to play “I really like the sports med club because we get the experience of what is like working with a professional and being able to know if this is a field we want to go into. Also I really like how much trust he( Mr.M) has in us to do this really important job. It's just really great!” -Nikita Bardea (Below) Student trainers doing their pregame ritual (the right) Mr. Methvin working on an injured cross country athlete. (Above) Sports Med classes 2 and 3 practice their taping “I personally think with the Sports Med club our sports teams are safer. It gives me as an athlete a sense of security to know that they are there to keep us safe” -Cali Manos (Above) Nikita Bardea and Omar Martinez (student stetching a player Athlete out on the sidlines. “Sports medicine club is open to anyone interested in getting hands on experience in the field of sports medicine. Doing things such as basic taping and rambling athletes. Later this school year we will be participating in HOSA national competition and various camps to experience multiple aspects of sports medicine.”-Mr. M (athletic Trainer)