The players and strength coaches are out bright and early each day for summer workouts.
That's a given.
But there's a group of support staffers who are there as well -- out earlier and staying later -- and who don't receive any credit or attention through the long summer days and all during the fall.
The USC athletic trainers -- headman Russ Romano and assistants Paul Diaz, Chris Grosskopf, David Borchardt, Sandy Olsen, Sue Lerner, Hillery Magness, Catherine Hill and John Meyer -- arrive at Heritage Hall around 6 a.m. each morning and stay late into the afternoon all summer, as they keep the players healthy and hydrated and work through rehab with the injured athletes. It's the athletic trainers' work that allows the Trojans to take the field each fall nearly unblemished after an offseason of surgeries, injuries and other nicks.
It's a thankless, unheralded job that simply shouldn't be.
That's a given.
But there's a group of support staffers who are there as well -- out earlier and staying later -- and who don't receive any credit or attention through the long summer days and all during the fall.
The USC athletic trainers -- headman Russ Romano and assistants Paul Diaz, Chris Grosskopf, David Borchardt, Sandy Olsen, Sue Lerner, Hillery Magness, Catherine Hill and John Meyer -- arrive at Heritage Hall around 6 a.m. each morning and stay late into the afternoon all summer, as they keep the players healthy and hydrated and work through rehab with the injured athletes. It's the athletic trainers' work that allows the Trojans to take the field each fall nearly unblemished after an offseason of surgeries, injuries and other nicks.
It's a thankless, unheralded job that simply shouldn't be.
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