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Sports Editor Isabella Urbani
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Sports Writer Simran Sarai
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sports@the-peak.ca
MINDSET MATTERS
What do you like to do in your free time?
I’ll watch some TV or some YouTube. I just watched Glass Onion last night, it was so good! I do like baking, it’s methodical. You can’t mess it up . . . until you mess it up!
Favourite songs to warm up or run to?
Usually people listen to rap, or hard music, but I listen to R&B. It’s a great tempo to run to, and I find that I zone in if I’m listening to that music. (Check out Carly’s go-to running playlist: “R&B Favourites” on Spotify!)
If you could compete in any track event with any athlete, who would you pick and why?
Honestly, I’m going to say Jerome Blake because he used to be on the Cheetahs, and I used to train with him. He’s a fun guy — and now he’s an Olympian!
Do you have any rituals or superstitions? It’s so hard to find a routine that works every time, because each place you go to compete is just so different. You really have to focus on yourself; you can’t let anybody else psych you out.
What are your favourite courses you’ve taken at SFU? There’s one art course [CA 262] I really loved. It’s called “Practices in Drawing.” I guess I really liked that because it tied into biology in a way, and it was just a really good way to look at things differently. I just took Vertebrate Biology. The course load was intense. We dissected a cat, pigeon, turtle, a fish, and a mudpuppy, which is kind of like an axolotl. (Fun fact: a mudpuppy is NOT an actual dog.)
Do you have any go-to restaurant recommendations? I really love burgers, so Romers is really good. They actually have good gluten-free buns. Red Robins has really good flavoured burgers. There’s one sushi place in Maple Ridge called Wasabi Grill, and half of their menu is gluten-free.
What’s your favourite track memory? BC Summer Games in 2016. I was elected for high jump, long jump, and hurdles. I didn’t win anything, but I got a personal best in high jump. My personal best at the time was 1m 55cm; my mom told me to “get over 160.” I think it was my third attempt. I just barely skimmed it.
Once athletes achieve a certain level of performance, those who continue to progress and become great do so in their heads, not on the field. JO RDA N THO RS EN M EN’ S SO CC ER G OA L KEEP ER