Emily Houston: Ready for Takeoff

Ask Emily Houston of Jensen Beach how her senior year has been going, and prepare to sit down for a while. Make sure you free up your schedule for the next hour or so as well.

“Wow, wow, wow. It’s been a roller coaster ride to say the least. It’s been so much fun, and it’s crazy how it’s ending soon. My first semester was crazy busy with cross country races, recruiting trips, and keeping up with classes. This semester has been a lot more relaxed, but the feeling of going to college next year is still blowing my mind.”

Yes, it’s easy to see why the typical recruiting trip to Florida or Florida State would be pretty fun, but Houston went a little farther than that. “I went on a trip to the University of Colorado and it was such an awesome experience. I got to meet a lot of cool people and some really fast runners, haha.”

Houston, not the most up to date on the “who’s who of national running”, went on the trip with 3x Footlocker National Runner-Up Mel Lawrence of Reno, NV.

“I...