Sheri Harvey excitedly rushed up to Emily Capaul to offer congratulations, but Capaul was confused.
This was last February and the Wolf Pack rifle team was in El Paso, Texas for the NCAA qualifiers.
Capaul had just shot a personal-best 594 (out of a perfect 600) in the air rifle and was clearly pleased. But she was mildly confused when Sheri, the wife of head coach Fred Harvey, offered this.
“I guess you really wanted to go to Alaska,” Sheri said.
The Wolf Pack as a team had not shot well enough to qualify for the NCAA championships the following month in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Capaul, just a freshman for the Wolf Pack, didn’t really know all of the college rules yet.