-~r: .. " '-t. ' !, p;,.f J :, ' ' "!..; J. 1 • ~ ' • .,._. •, I i.,.P~\:~.. :~.' ·, ,' GOODSPEED'S GOT SPEED SENIOR SAW SUCCESS ·c O U N T R Y C A R E E R IN WORDS Matthew King I I PHOTOS Kazu figisawa CROSS Senior Lucas Goodspeed had been part of the men's cross country and track team for the four years he was at Harding, Hi running career had seen many victories, including earning 10th overall at Memphis Twilight, the first race of the season, on Sept 2, 2017, which placed him second among the non-Division 1 runners. For Goodspeed's second race of the 2017 season, Southern Stampede, on Sept 16, he was also Harding's best runner, making him Harding's top runner for the seventh time in his career. Goodspeed said, looking back on his success in college, it was interesting to think back on his time in high school where he did not even run competitively, "Distance running is a weird thing," Goodspeed said. "It's not something that's for everybody." This was once true for Goodspeed, because the sport he was most passionate about early in high school was not running, but baseball. However, once he reevaluated his skillset, he switched to running. "[fhe] summer after junior year I just gave up on baseball," Goodspeed said. "Senior year was the first-time running was a priority." After switching sports, Goodspeed continued to run because of the sports' laidback feel. "It didn't feel cutthroat," Goodspeed said. "I just really enjoyed it. l1t] was [one] of those things that came naturally." Though Goodspeed felt relaxed while running, he still worked hard for his successful results, according to senior Devon Hulse. "He is one of the hardest workers on the team," Hulse said. "[He gets] up at [five-o-clock], runs with the team, [eats] breakfast and does homework before anybody else wakes up." Fellow runner junior Camden Barrett also appreciated Goodspeed's skill and noted that it contributed to the overall team's success. "He's extremely competitive," Barrett said. "He helps form and mold a team that we need to have to be able to win championships." Goodspeed was thankful for the encouraging relationships he made with like-minded pe.ople on his team. "Any success ['ve had to this point is a byproduct of [the] work ethic I've developed from being on this team," _,oodspeed said. "The upperclassmen before me set a great example for me to follow and hopefully I'm doing the same thing." I Senior Lucas Goodspeed placed 10th place overall at the first cross country race of the season in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sept. 2, 2017. He has been on the cross country team at Harding for four years. // Photo by Kazu Fujisawa s m z )> z 0 ~ 0 s m z (I) 0 :lJ 0 U) U) 0 0 C z -i :lJ -<
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