Sage Limon, left, sprints to pull and Jermaine Garo runs resistance on a stretch cord to work out last week as members of the Bethany College track team. Daylon Smith, assistant coach for track and cross country, said that in another exercise the first runner sprints by and begins to stretch the strap, then the second runner follows and is pulled to run faster, briefly, than they could unassisted. Scott Bontz photo