Swain phones the rest of the team, which is waiting for him and Ward back at Forest Quad, from the race track with Ward to warn them the dirt might be too slick after rainfall to participate in Team Pursuit, a practice event. With just a week until race day, the decision to cancel weighed heavily on Ward, a responsible safety-science major who worried about couldn't afford the risk of losing a third rider to an injury. Olivia Corya