Colton Roper '27 Recruiting Profile

I love running and love what it has taught me. To do something in life with such a high standard, for so long, with such consistency, is the way you achieve anything in life. I approach everything I do with this thought. But I also know there will be failure on the way, but as long as you do something for so long, and do it so well, "failure" is just another learning opportunity. One day I want to run a sub-4 mile. Every season I dedicate myself to going as far as I possibly can in hopes of running faster and faster. I want to be at the level where I'm not racing for a placement. Not because I want to race for fun, but because I want to already know I'm going to not just win, but dominate the entire field. To be at the level where instead of running to be first at the line, but to hold a spot in the record books. "To leave NO doubt."

"Finish on empty"
-Nike

To finish on empty isn't to have a great kick, isn't to close the last section of a race in a blazing time. It's to dig deep. Find something deeper than energy or emotion. To pull one's self past the limit of what their mind can comprehend. To truly know that there was nothing left to give and manage to still give that much more. The true 110%. To take the literal saying "Mind over body" and use more than just your mind to finish. To use more than your exhausted muscles. But to use your soul and carry yourself ALL. THE. WAY.