At age seven, running in 5k races for fun with her family was the moment freshman Anna French discovered her passion for the sport of cross country.
“I don’t know. I guess I just love to run,” French said. “It’s kind of hard to explain the feeling. It’s something I just enjoy doing.”
Her devotion to the sport grew as the Plymouth, Minnesota, native continued various cross country mediums all-year round.
“My main sport, other than running, was definitely Nordic Skiing. It was hard. I wanted to continue skiing in college. I considered that, but it just wasn’t feasible,” French said.