Faith Ahlers '23 Recruiting Profile

During a training session in my freshman year of high school, my coach sat me down and showed me footage of the fastest woman in the world at the time Cherry Ann Fresher Prize. He told me that I had the potential to become as fast as her. Since that day, my goal has been to become one of the fastest women in the world and represent my home country of Liberia. I grew up in Liberia, West Africa, where I learned to run from snakes and walked everywhere, including to school. I also played soccer and kickball, which were the most popular sports in my hometown, as well as engaged in other sports and activities with my friends. When I was 12, I was adopted and moved to the US, where I discovered my passion for track and field. I joined the track and field team in 8th grade and continued to 9th grade. Although I was the fastest girl on my team, I couldn't compete due to COVID-19 in my freshman year of high school. I also had to skip a year of running due to school changes but later resumed my last year of high school. During my break from running, I still ran and worked out to stay in shape. I also tried cross-country and cheer as alternative sports and did gymnastics and hip-hop outside of school. Although I graduated last May in 2023, I decided to take a gap year and have not been able to do sports. But I have not let this stop me. Due to my love for running, I've been exercising to stay in shape until I resume running in college. I believe all of these experiences are reasons why I would make a great athlete.