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EARNEST MANNING HIGH.
HERE IS LISA BOWES WITH THIS
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK.
>> Reporter: MEET TROJANS
CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING ROOKIE
BECCA GOLD.
THIS 20-YEAR OLD FINISHED 10th
IN HER FIRST ACAC RACE LAST
MONTH WHICH IS A MAJOR
ACHIEVEMENT WHEN YOU CONSIDER
SHE HAD ONLY HALF OF SUMMER TO
TRAIN.
YOU SEE THE HOUSE WHERE BECCA
HAS LIVED IN SINCE SHE WAS SEVEN
WAS HIT HARD BY THE JUNE FLOOD.
>> INSTEAD OF BASEMENT AND
SEWAGE BACKUP WE GOT SOLID RIVER
WATER IN OUR HOUSE AND SO THAT
WAS PRETTY OVERWHELMING.
SOMETIMES JUST NEED TO A CLEAN
SLATE WHEN YOU ARE STARTING IN A
NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND AGAIN IT'S A
VERY BITTERSWEET THING THAT
HAPPENED.
IT'S VERY BITTER BECAUSE WE
DON'T LIVE AT THAT LOCATION.
IT'S A VERY GOOD LOCATION LIKE
IT'S A 20-MINUTE WALK AWAY FROM
DOWNTOWN BUT IT'S SWEET BECAUSE
YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY
EXPECTATIONS GOING IN.
LIKE YOU HAVE GOALS THAT YOU SET
AND YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE BUT YOU
ARE GOING WITH AN OPEN MIND AND
EXPECTING ANY ADVENTURES THAT
COME ALONG THE WAY WHICH IS
REALLY EXCITING FOR ME.
I TREAT EVERY DAY AS AN
ADVENTURE.
>> Reporter: AND IT'S THAT
KIND OF APPROACH THAT WILL HELP
BECCA SUCCEED AS A FIRST YEAR
STUDENT IN NEW MEDIA PRODUCTION
AND DESIGN.
AND RUNNING HELPS.
>> IT HAS GIVEN ME A NEW SENSE
OF OUTLOOK ON LIFE IN A WAY AND
IT ALSO GIVES ME A WAY TO KIND
OF RELIEVE STRESS AND THAT SORT
OF THING SO IF I HAVE A LOT OF
PROJECTS OR A TEST COMING UP I
GO OUT AND RUN AND IT'S ALSO A
WAY SOCIALLY THAT I HAVE MET MY
FRIENDS.
I'VE MET ALL MY GOOD FRIENDS
THROUGH RUNNING ESPECIALLY
THROUGH UCAC AND SAIT AND EVEN
THROUGH RUNNING ROOM WHERE I
WORK I'VE MET A LOT OF GOOD
FRIENDS THERE.
>> Reporter: THE SAIT WOMEN'S
CREW LED BY HEAD COACH JAMIE
GRAND WON THE TEAM TITLE AT THE
SECOND GRAND PRIX EVENT TWO
WEEKS AGO AND WILL RACE AGAIN
SATURDAY AT CONCORDIA.
>>> AND WE WISH AND YOU YOUR
TEAM CONTINUED SUCCESS, BECCA.
YOU ARE THE CTV ATHLETE OF THE
WEEK SPONSORED BY BIG CHIEF BEEF
JERKY.
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