Twenty-six young athletes began training with the Tahuichi Way on June 16, 2008, with most arriving at 5 a.m. at Santa Cruz?s Viru Viru Airport. They were greeted by the general manager of the Academy, Tania Aguilera Gasser, then bused to the Tahuichi Academy for further welcoming and orientation, including a video history of the program.
The morning activities continued with a health assessment under the direction of Dr. Jorge Nakamura.
By 9 a.m., the athletes had met their host families and were taken to their homes. In the afternoon, participants underwent the Cooper Physical Fitness Test under the supervision of Tahuichi?s veteran director of coaching, Ciro Medrano, in the professional soccer stadium named for Tahuichi?s founder, Ramon "Tahuichi" Aguilera.
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