Grade: Junior
Age: 16
Sports: Cross-country, track
Claim to fame/honors: Helped Elks capture fourth straight state championship; finished 18th individually at state; placed fifth at Greater Western Ohio Conference meet and regional; member of team that qualified for Nike Cross Nationals in 2015; personal-best time for mile is 4:49; focuses on 1,600-meter run in track.
Bet you didn’t know … I love to cook
Words you live by: Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is uncertain and today is a gift
Toughest opponent: As a team it was Ursuline
Biggest influence: My mom
Meet-day rituals: Always have peanut butter on toast with banana; always wear same green socks; I say a prayer before every race
What’s on your bedroom walls? My running medals, pictures of family, friends and running, and a goal board
When I’m bored I like to … read and cook
Favorite movie: Forrest Gump
Person who would play you in a movie: Sandra Bullock
Favorite TV show: Friends
Favorite musical artist: Lost and Found
I can’t live without: Peanut butter
I can live without: Doing yard work
Event you’d like to attend: Summer Olympics either as a spectator or participant
Favorite book: Running with the Buffalos
Favorite home-cooked meal: My mom’s chicken marsala
Favorite restaurant: Ramsi’s Café on the World in Louisville
Favorite smell: Vanilla
Favorite cereal: Apple Cinnamon Cheerios
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Whole Foods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Beets
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Emma Coburn
Whose mind would you like to read? My coach, David Dobson
Place where you’d love to travel? Hawaii
Talent you’d like to have? Singing
Favorite school subject: Pre-calculus
Favorite athlete: Mirinda Carfrae
Favorite team: The Cubs
Favorite Olympic sport: Besides running, it would be gymnastics
Something in the world I’d like to change: Amount of violence
Favorite sports moment: When my team qualified for nationals my freshman year
Favorite junk food: Ice cream
Best thing about cross-country: The challenge
In 10 years, I hope to be … still running and also be a sports nutritionist for a college program
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