The Final Year

“Wake up Tyus! It’s time to go to school.” These words are something my mother had said to me almost every year on the first day of school before I went away to college. Along with these words, a first day of school picture was sure to follow.

Now, as I enter my last year of undergrad at Mount Mercy University this little memory could not get out of my head on Wednesday morning. I got out of bed, ate breakfast, and got dressed up nice for my last first day. (For those of you who know me, dressing nice consists of something that isn’t basketball shorts or a workout shirt) My mom wasn’t here to take my picture, but the first day of school picture tradition carried on thanks to Molly!

The first week of school seems to always be caught in this vortex of going by superfast, but also very…very…very…slow. Each class is syllabus after syllabus, learning about tutoring options, and that same generic plagiarism section, that is seemingly the same on every single syllabus. With all that being said, I have made it through three years of syllabus day already, so I knew the fourth year would also be a breeze even if the first semester is a 17 unit work load filled with stress management, foundations of education, the english romantic age, and a few more.

If the 17 units starts to overcome me, I will still have running to look forward too. Coming into this last season of competitive cross-country as an athlete, I am looking to improve as a runner, but also try to learn some aspects of coaching that I can hopefully apply to a future position. This year is our year. Both Mount Mercy cross-country programs have improved drastically. Our women’s team is already receiving national votes, while the men’s team has the potential to have 7-10 runners at 28:00 or under 28:00 minutes by the end of the season for an 8k.

Senior year in college is something special that I intend on cherishing. This is the main reason I am starting this blog. I want to share my journey in athletics, in my various relationships with friends and Molly, of course, but I also want to use this blog to show my readers what my classes are really about by discussing some of the topics through this blog.

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