Mary Ellen McElroy and Bev Sellinger (1964-5) – CARLI Digital Collections Featured Image

From SIUC Photos (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in CARLI Digital Collections.

I don't follow sports very much. But it's been such an active last month for all corners of the sports world that it's almost impossible not to pay attention to some of it. The Stanley Cup and NBA Finals just ended. The stunning colt American Pharoah handily won the Triple Crown after a 37-year wait. There was some boxing match that people were excited about. I think now there is golf and tennis going on, and the Cubs might have won a game, but like I said, I don't follow sports very much.

Even so, I love this photo of young ladies playing field hockey from the SIUC Photographs collection. They've got focus, drive, and the ability to do something useful with their left hands (something I struggle with). I wonder what they've been up to the past 50 years--who they met, what they learned, where they are now. Hopefully they still enjoy a solid game and the outdoors on a beautiful summer day.

Written by Anne Shelley, Illinois State University

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