Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sports: Cross-country and track
Claim to fame/honors: Has lettered in four varsity sports, including volleyball and softball; first-year cross-country runner as senior; ran first meet after recovering from a six-week injury and finished in the top 14 runners; as a first-year track runner last year, placed sixth in the 4x800 relay at the state meet
Bet you didn’t know … I am the oldest of seven children; I have four brothers and two sisters
Words you live by: Enjoy every second of your life and live it to the fullest
Toughest opponent: Chagrin Falls in track
Biggest influence: God and my parents
Match-day rituals: I eat peanut butter toast, listen to music, and pray before my race
What’s on your bedroom walls: Pictures of my family and friends
When I’m bored I like to … Bake cookies
Favorite movie: Finding Dory
Person who would play you in a movie: Jennifer Lawrence
Favorite TV show: Survivor
Favorite musical artist: Charlie Puth
I can’t live without: Toast and my iPhone
I can live without: Getting injured
Favorite book: Me Before You
Favorite home-cooked meal: Ham tetrazzini
Favorite restaurant: The Cheesecake Factory
Favorite smell: Coffee
Favorite cereal: Lucky Charms
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Olives
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Taylor Swift
Whose mind would you like to read? My 2-year-old sister who can’t talk yet
Place where you’d love to travel? Paris
Talent you’d like to have? Doing the splits
Favorite school subjects: Science and math
Favorite athlete: Ezekiel Elliott
Favorite team: Green Bay Packers
Favorite Olympic sport: Beach volleyball
Something in the world I’d like to change: World peace and happiness
Favorite sports moment: Running the state 4x800 relay at Jesse Owens Stadium
Favorite junk food: Chocolate
Best thing about cross country: Making new friends, staying fit, and persevering throughout the race
In 10 years, I hope to be … a pharmacist
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