Athlete of the Week: Lindsey Coffin, Springboro High School

Name: Lindsey Coffin

School: Springboro

Sport: Cross-country

Class: Senior

Age: 17

Claim to fame: Personal record of 17:34 in cross-country

Bet you didn’t know: That I will have completed 16 AP courses

Toughest opponent/why: Troy and Morgan Gigandot because she is very fast.

Favorite book: Flowers for Algernon

Favorite movie: Interstellar

Favorite TV show: The Office

Favorite musical artist: Paul Simon

Favorite pro athlete/why: Michael Phelps because he raced a shark

Favorite smell: The creek

Favorite home-cooked meal: Chicken Divan

Game-day rituals: Circle prayer

Person who would play me in a movie/why: Jennifer Lawrence because she’s bad to the bone.

Words you live by: No regrets

Biggest influence/why: My dad because he gives it his all.

I am most annoyed by: Country music

You can’t live without: Food and water

Most embarrassing moment: Falling asleep in class and hitting my head on my desk

In 10 years, I’ll be: An engineer

Best thing about cross-country: Barely any rules

Worst thing about cross-country: Very individualized

Vegetable I just won’t eat: Brussels sprouts

Favorite junk food: Ice cream

Favorite school subject: Math

Last DVD or video game I bought: Child’s Play

Person whose brain you’d like to pick: Jesus

Love to trade places for a day with: Elon Musk

When I’m bored, I like to: Go to the creek

Worst habit: Leaving my clothes on the floor

On your bedroom walls: Beatles clock

Talent I’d most like to have: Juggling

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