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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">I have a question for you all regarding your institution’s approach to cross-country mask usage. Consistent with state guidance, NWAC isn’t requiring masks to be used during cross-country
competition; athletes must wear masks up until competition, can remove it while competing, and then must put masks back in place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Given my conversation with my athletic director, who is in regular contact with Marco Azurdia (NWAC director who joined us a few weeks ago), essentially all cross-country programs are moving
forward to NOT require masks during cross-country competitions, but I wanted to check-in here to confirm or temperature check any issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">If you have a cross-country team, are any of you considering a different approach?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Thanks for considering this request!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Brendon K. Taga, Ph.D., J.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Vice President of Student Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">(360) 475-7476 |
<a href="mailto:btaga@olympic.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">btaga@olympic.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.olympic.edu/" title="Olympic College Homepage"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="208" height="66" style="width:2.1666in;height:.6875in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D7053C.273C5140" alt="cid:image001.png@01D66013.63FEB3D0"></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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