With the coronavirus still a big issue in the U.S., Allen County has noticed a small spike in cases over the past several weeks. Quarantine cases at Allen Community College has also risen and rules set up for student athletes by number of cases per sports team. With two or more causing a team to isolate for two weeks, multiple teams have been taken out of the game and into their rooms.

The women’s basketball team was the first to have a case at the school, but did not have to quarantine due to only one positive case. Following the basketball girls, the baseball team (my squad), and four other teams were forced to quarantine after a multitude of positive cases arose.

Being quarantined on campus is somewhat of a hassle because you are forced to isolate completely for two weeks with no person-to-person contact allowed, and small meals being brought to you by staff. The RA’s (Resident Assistants) are also in charge of ensuring no one comes and goes from that designated area for the given time frame. My teammates often expressed their boredom and the inconvenience it caused.

Living off campus, however, is a little different for my roommates and I. We did not receive meals from the school so we had to go stock up on food for two weeks and try and make it last. There was also no RA to keep track of us so we had to be smart on our own.

The level of isolation in my quarantine was not nearly as high as those on campus, but we still ensured to keep our distance from others. The possibility of us contracting COVID-19 during quarantine was also significantly lower due to just having three people in a house, rather than hundreds in a dorm or apartment complex.

Overall, my quarantine experience was not terrible but it definitely is not something anyone wanted to go through. The overall consensus is that it was the longest two weeks of our lives. Hopefully we as a school can get a hold on COVID soon so other sports do not have to quarantine.