So just always making sure to talk nice to myself when those bad thoughts come into play or even like stuff with social media . My recruiting process started my senior year of high school , um , and that was during COVID , so luckily I got to compete during indoors . And I made it to the state meet and that's where my head coach had found me .
Um , and health and academics , just always making sure you're doing what's right for your mind and body and keeping yourself happy , keeping your soul happy . If you want to better your chances to becoming a Division I student athlete , always , always , always put yourself in a space where people are better than you . It's not always good to be the best in the room , but it is always good to be in a room with the best .
And I came back and I broke the school record for the 60 hurdles and I just want to continue to improve for not only me but to be a great person for my teammates as well . Some things that I have picked up on and really focused here at Youngstown are patience , being able to trust the process and just grind when you need to grind and your time will come when you deserve it like when you earn it , it'll always come to you . I balance academics with my athletic schedule with a very colorful calendar .
My recruiting process started my senior year of high school , um , and that was during COVID , so luckily I got to compete during indoors . And I made it to the state meet and that's where my head coach had found me . I honestly fumbled at the state meet and my race wasn't the best , but I was able to compete and come back for a different race and do good , and he saw me recover from that and he was like , you know what , you're gonna be a great athlete you're gonna be , you're gonna be our number one hurdler , and he took that chance on me and my freshman year .
I think I maybe got like 2nd , um , but my sophomore year I really started to battle with injury and like this whole muscle imbalance where and that's kind of where my lows started , but I would always try to have a high . At some point in the season to make sure that I was doing what I could for my team . And I would always accomplish that .
