Before the season began, every Wolf Pack basketball player had to run a mile in less than 6 minutes.
Elijah Foster, a 6-foot-7, 240-pound power forward, clocked in at 5 minutes, 50 seconds.
Had Foster been asked to run a mile the year prior, he wouldn’t have gotten close to the 6-minute mark.
“Last year I would have been around 10 minutes,” Foster said before this season began.
But down 25 pounds from his playing weight last year, a result of running, swimming, walking and better eating this offseason, Foster is now in tip-top shape.