Many people would think running is a tedious exercise but for the senior Cross Country star, Emily Petrus, it’s just something to do for fun.
Starting off her athletic career with soccer, it’s no surprise that Petrus loves to run. Actually, she encountered Cross Country while running. While conditioning with the Cross Country team to get in shape for soccer, she realized two things: just how competitive she was and that Cross Country was more fun than she thought.
Ever since she switched she has been running alongside the Steinbrenner Cross Country team and has left quite the track record behind. Petrus has had a great run, with a personal record of running a mile in 5:20. During this time with the team she’s even shared her favorite moment of her entire Cross County career with her teammates. It was when she traveled to Brevard’s distance runners camp in North Carolina this past summer to train for a week with her teammates.
“It’s been very enjoyable. I’ve improved every year and formed relationships with all of my teammates and they just keep building up,” said Petrus.
Petrus is an outstanding runner and this talent has not gone unnoticed. She’s received an abundance of letters from various coaches and has a lot of opportunities. However, it seems that that talent may not find its way onto a college team stating that she was undecided about if she wanted to run in college or not. Even so, Petrus with her competitive attitude has left some pretty big shoes to fill.
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