DeUndra Foster '25 Recruiting Profile

Growing up football was a sport I've always enjoyed and had hopes and dreams of playing at the highest level. As the years went by I decided that football is still something that I enjoy but not something I would like to pursue at a college/professional level. I was introduced to track in the 7th grade but didn't look at it as something I wanted take serious because football was at the forefront. Freshman year the coaches put me in hurdles. After my first meet the coaches saw in me something I didn't see in myself and moved me up to varsity. I had a dose of reality when I lost every race by more than a second. The losses killed my motivation! For my sophomore year I didn't wanna pursue track any longer but the coaches kept putting me on hurdles. At the time I did not enjoy the races but knew it was great conditioning out of football season and the track meets were also fun. I continued with no hope of winning my 1st track meet. That year, my sophomore year, I ran 20 seconds in the 110mh hurdles. For some reason that 20 second run sparked something in me. I took it upon myself to make a challenge of shaving time off of my run. I wanted to get better, do better, and most importantly WIN. I knew that me shaving time off of my run and setting new PR's at the time would be something I had to do myself as we didn't have any coach's that were focused on track or good guidance for hurdles. I started watching high school, college, and professionals run, do hurdles, and drills on YouTube all day. When I got to the track after school for practice I did the drills that I had watched earlier or the day before. On my second meet of my sophomore year I dropped my time by 3 seconds! I've been setting new PR's ever since, rather its time or disciplining my self to practice daily even at open tracks by my house or using my own yard. The motivation and belief I have in myself is beyond the moon now and I would like to take the next step by looking into colleges and possibly getting recruited. I believe I would make a good recruit because not only have I kept my grades up with A's and B's while taking honors and AP classes, I've also learned to condition, control, and set goals for myself that I have either met or gone beyond. I don't plan on stopping. I'm hoping I can meet a coach and a college that is willing to push me further and help me reach a level that I know is attainable.