Jazlyn Couch '25 Recruiting Profile

Running has always been apart of my life, whether it was trying to practice with my sister or watching her run aspiring to do anything close to that. First time I started running competitively was at 4 years old, while yes I was young it was a memorable experience. I have always wanted to be able to go further than high school. 

Through the years I having been training hard to excel in my sports and while I am decent when it comes to cross country I much prefer the feeling I get when I am on the track. I would like to think I am coachable, I train hard and I listen to every correction. Though I might not always be the top runner I strive to always do what I can to help the team. 

My freshman year I was hit with an unexpected diagnosis  of Hodgkin's Lymphoma stage IV cancer, and  most people expected my grades to drop, I proved that I could maintain a 3.96-4.0 GPA the whole year. Additionally, I was able to improve my times little by little, the only disappointing part was that I could not run as fast as my personal standards. 

This past season I have realized that keeping my 'normal' throughout my chemo treatments helped my motivation to keep racing and training.