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‘It’s beyond comprehension’: Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk reflects on a year of COVID

Spring sports had just gotten underway, and Navy baseball, lacrosse and tennis were about to begin the Patriot League portion of the schedule.

At the time, no one understood the finality of it all. Athletic director Chet Gladchuk along with the various varsity sports coaches figured it was a strategic break to assess the situation and figure out a path forward.

Never in his wildest dreams did Gladchuk think the nation, and therefore the world of college athletics, would still be in the grips of the pandemic a full year later.

“It’s beyond the comprehension of any typical citizen to contemplate what was going to unfold,” Gladchuk said.