Luke is a senior wide receiver on the football team majoring in business and finance. He was named one of the team captains in 2017.
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Ida is a senior on the cross country and track and field teams pursuing a master’s in project management after graduating from the University of Mary in 2020 with a dual degree in engineering science and civil engineering. She was University of Mary Athlete of the Year in 2020.
Collegiate athletics hit the pause button in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), of which the University of Mary is a member, resumed competition in January 2021. But the Marauders didn’t take the fall off. Hear from two of our scholar-athletes, Ida Narbuvoll and Luke Little, about how they stayed busy this fall.
Tell me about the fall. Your team couldn’t compete due to the pandemic — what were you up to? What kept you motivated? Ida: We still had a training schedule and plan, which made things feel normal. For me, I don’t necessarily need to compete every weekend to be motivated. I think training itself is motivating. At practice, we push each other to get better as teammates. Even though we couldn’t race, I thought it was a really fun fall with training. We did some inner-squad meets, which mimics racing, and we got to see what shape we were in and race against our teammates. We made the best out of it. I was pretty happy just being able to practice.
Luke: All of us being in everything together made a big difference. Having that shared comradery with everyone on the team really allowed us to fight through it. We were still able to practice, lift, and workout as a team. This provided a sense of normalcy in a season that was so different from ever before.
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