“Freshman year, that's all it was. I would go in and just train and everything. Once I saw how good I was, I thought this could get competitive. I didn't get into the whole competitiveness until this year as I saw my times improve and I was so close to so many good runners.”
“I knew she'd pull hard for the first two miles or so, and I'd have to catch her at the end. I knew I couldn't lay back. If I wanted to be good, I had to push it.”
