Abaalmarinta La Sharafay

Ciyaartoy badan oo dugsiga sare ah ma dhihi karaan inay awoodeen inay ka ciyaaraan kooxaha jaamacadda ee afar ciyaarood oo kala duwan isla markaana ay ku fiicnaadaan dhammaantood, laakiin Gary Peterson oo ah qofka ku guuleystay Skippers Hall of Fame ayaa lagu xasuustaa inuu sidaas sameeyay.

Gary wuxuu mashquulsanaa afartii sano ee uu dhiganayay Dugsiga Sare ee Minnetonka. Wuxuu ciyaaray kubadda cagta dayrta, kubbadda kolayga jiilaalka, tennis-ka gu'ga iyo orodka orodka maalmaha gu'ga marka aysan jirin wax ciyaar teniska ah. Isu dheellitirka jadwalka ciyaaraha oo dhan iyo tacliinta adag ee Minnetonka waxay ahayd mid adag, laakiin Gary wuxuu ku guuleystay inuu u shaqeeyo, isagoo leh "Waxaad sameysaa waxaad u baahan tahay."

Marka laga soo tago inuu kasbaday warqad jaamacadeed afar ciyaarood, xirfadiisa dugsiga sare ee Gary waxaa lagu calaamadeeyay guulo kale oo cajiib ah. Gary waxaa u codeeyay ciyaaryahanka ugu qiimaha badan iyo kooxda kubadda cagta ee ugu qiimaha badan ee Skippers. Waxaa loogu magacaabay kooxaha All-Conference iyo All-State, iyadoo ay weheliso Star Tribune oo soo bandhigtay "Back of the Week." Garoonka kubbadda kolayga, Gary wuxuu kabtan u noqday Skippers horyaalnimada shirka halkaas oo ay kaalinta koowaad ka galeen. Gary wuxuu ka mid ahaa gooldhaliyeyaasha ugu horreeya ee Shirka Lake waxaana loo magacaabay kooxaha All-Conference iyo All-Tournament.

Dhanka tennis-ka, Gary wuxuu ahaa ciyaaryahanka ugu sarreeya ee keligood ah ee Minnetonka. Wuxuu kabtan u ahaa kooxda wuxuuna ahaa horyaalkii Lake Conference. Gary sidoo kale si gaar ah ayuu ugu tartamay Tartanka Tennis-ka Jaycee halkaas oo uu kaalinta koowaad ka galay gobolka, wuxuuna u gudbay tartankii qaranka sannadkii 1958 iyo mar kale sannadkii 1959. Tartamadan, Gary wuxuu fursad u helay inuu la ciyaaro ciyaartoyda tennis-ka ee dugsiga sare ugu fiican dalka oo uu ku jiro Arthur Ashe oo weyn. "Waxaan arkay waxa ugu fiican," ayuu yiri Gary.

Gary wuxuu inta badan guushiisa ku amaanayaa macallimiintii iyo tababarayaashii uu ka qaatay Dugsiga Sare ee Minnetonka. "Dhammaantood waxay i hagayeen jihada saxda ah," ayuu yidhi. Tababarihiisa tennis-ka, Ernie DeSantis, wuxuu saameyn gaar ah ku yeeshay nolosha Gary. Isagoo aabihiis ku waayay da' yar, Gary wuxuu dhawaan helay ma aha oo kaliya tusaale laakiin sidoo kale lataliye iyo saaxiib Tababare DeSantis. Labadooduba waxay ahaayeen saaxiibo dhow intii ka hartay nolosha Tababare DeSantis.

Kadib markii uu ka qalin jabiyay dugsiga sare, Gary waxaa loo qoray inuu kubadda cagta u ciyaaro Jaamacadda Iowa, oo loo yaqaanay mid ka mid ah kooxaha kubadda cagta ee ugu fiican NCAA wakhtigaas. Gary wuxuu ka nastay waxbarashadiisa si uu ugu adeego dalkiisa Ciidanka Mareykanka. Xirfadiisa ciyaaraha ayaa si dhakhso ah loogu arkay tijaabo uu ku sameeyay Kooxda Kubadda Koleyga ee Ciidanka Mareykanka. Gary wuxuu ka qayb galay kooxda ku sugan Stuttgart wuxuuna la ciyaaray kooxo kale oo ciidan ah oo ku kala sugan Yurub oo dhan. Markii uu ku soo laabtay Mareykanka, Gary wuxuu iska diiwaan geliyay Kulliyadda Macallimiinta ee St. Cloud halkaas oo uu ka qaatay shahaadada waxbarashada jirka ee caafimaadka. Isagoo sii wata rikoorkiisa heerka sare ee isboortiga badan, Gary wuxuu hoggaamiyay St. Cloud Huskies xilli ciyaareedyada horyaalka kubbadda koleyga iyo teniska ka hor inta uusan qalin jabin, isagoo kaalinta koowaad ka galay ciyaaraha keligood ah ee Horyaalnimada Shirarka Waqooyiga ee Intercollegiate.

Helitaanka shahaadadiisa waxay la macno tahay in safar cusub uu u bilaabmayo Gary. Wuxuu ku laabtay Dugsiga Sare ee Minnetonka, markan isagoo ah tababare iyo macallin. Waxay ahayd waayo-aragnimo gaar ah oo is-hoosaysiin leh in tababarayaashiisii ​​​​hore ay soo dhaweeyeen isaga oo ah saaxiib. "Waan jeclaa tababarayaashaas, haddana waxaan ka mid ahaa," ayuu yidhi. Gary wuxuu sii waday inuu ku dadaalo heer sare isagoo tababare ah, isagoo kooxda tennis-ka ee wiilasha 1974 u horseeday horyaalnimada gobolka. Waxa kale oo uu fursad u helay inuu la taliyo ciyaaryahan tennis-ka da'da yar oo lagu magacaabo David Wheaton sanadkii 1984 kaasoo ku guuleystay horyaalka NCAA isagoo la tartamaya Stanford isla markaana ka qayb galaya US Open iyo Australian Open.

Isagoo dib u milicsanaya waqtigiisii ​​Minnetonka, Gary wali wuu xasuustaa xiisaha ciyaaraha iyo caqabadaha uu la kulmay intii uu ku jiray xirfadiisa ciyaaraha. Ciyaaryahan ahaan iyo tababare ahaan, wuxuu ku dhiirigeliyaa ardayda ciyaartoyda maanta inay waligood is dhiibin. "Ku dadaal inaad noqoto kan ugu fiican ee aad noqon karto," ayuu yiri Gary, "laakiin ha niyad jabin. Waxaa jiri doona kor u kac iyo hoos u dhac."