{"id":34883,"date":"2017-09-07T08:14:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T12:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=34883"},"modified":"2017-09-15T13:56:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T17:56:13","slug":"royals-athlete-week-michaela-mast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/royals-athlete-week-michaela-mast\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Athlete of the Week: Michaela Mast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Running her first-ever cross country race,\u00a0Michaela\u00a0Mast<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Broadway, Va.\/Eastern Mennonite High School) paced EMU’s women to a near-perfect finish. At the Hyder-McMahill Invitational on Sept. 2, Michaela dominated and placed first on the 5k course in 20:16.7, more than 37 seconds ahead of the nearest runner, teammate\u00a0Megan Good<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Harrisonburg, Va.\/Eastern Mennonite).<\/p>\n

Michaela has never been on a cross country team before; in fact, she played soccer all the way up until college.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile joining the team may seem entirely random, I did put a lot of thought into it. Years of thought, actually,\u201d explained Michaela. \u201cEvery time a new season rolled around I\u2019d consider joining, but it wasn\u2019t until this past spring that I considered it more seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

With an active family, Michaela is no stranger to running, or to sports in general. Her siblings and cousins all took part in high school athletics, specifically cross country, which is where her exposure to the sport initially came from.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom went out and ran 13 miles to celebrate her birthday, so that gives you a bit of a picture where my madness comes from,\u201d Michaela said.<\/p>\n

Before joining the team at EMU, Michaela turned to running to unwind and clear her head.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year I\u2019d get out maybe three or four times in a good week for a short run,\u201d she commented. \u201cThe most official running I did was last December when I ran a half marathon in DC with about 20 other EMU students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite majoring in psychology with two minors in music and neuroscience, Michaela decided to finally take the opportunity she\u2019s been curious about for the previous three years of undergrad.<\/p>\n

In her first collegiate race, Michaela recalls being nervous and slightly hesitant. \u201cI was a little bit afraid, but also very excited,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Overall, she and her fellow runners earned a final score of 23 after a 1-2-3-4-13 order finish.<\/p>\n

Michaela speaks very highly of her teammates, who ultimately reassured her in the face of a new challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew we had each other for support, the elation I felt when I turned around to see three of my teammates coming in strong at 2, 3, and 4 still makes me smile!\u201d said Michaela of a strong team finish.<\/p>\n

Coach Hannah Chappell-Dick speaks to the effort of Michaela\u2019s hard work before joining the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe put in the work this summer, and she will see that payoff as we transition to more difficult workouts and competitions. So far, she has risen to every challenge facing her,\u201d said Chappell-Dick.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost importantly, she has been a gracious and humble teammate,\u201d continued Chappell-Dick. \u201cWe are grateful to have her on the team, and look forward to discovering all that she has to offer, both on the course and off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Michaela sees the experience on the cross country team as one that will benefit her beyond her physical abilities and how the ways of being a student-athlete will help her later on in life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am encouraged to be more loving, more joyful, more intentional, and more authentic by my teammates every day,\u201d she said. \u201cI can tell that I am much healthier not only physically, but also emotionally, relationally, and spiritually.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running her first-ever cross country race,\u00a0Michaela\u00a0Mast\u00a0(Broadway, Va.\/Eastern Mennonite High School) paced EMU’s women to a near-perfect finish. 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