James Duplechain '26 Recruiting Profile

I hope to continue to run after college in some format. I am open to the idea of becoming a running coach. I know for a fact I want it to be involved in my life. I work very well with others. I strive when either competing with my own teammates during workouts or during races against competitors. I have proven to my coaches my determination to finish something I started. My freshman year of high school, I recall always looking up to the varsity hoping, but at the same time doubting I could become apart of that select varsity group. After Track and Field I was very disappointed that I was unable to obtain my goals in the 3200 m race. It motivated me to start running in the summer. About a week into summer training, I rolled my ankle during a basketball summer league practice. I had to text my coach and let him know. I thought he was for sure going to be mad. I was trying to figure out a way to explain what happened. I simply put it like this "I fractured my ankle. I cannot run for 4-6 weeks, but when this boot is off I will train hard." He responded with "Ok. Deal." The day I got that boot off I got to work, meeting a couple members from my team down near the lake to run as a group. I struggled at first with the actual endurance aspect of it, but the nutritional as well. After I had figured that out I felt myself getting faster. I only had a half of summer to get into shape. This has been a good motivation to see how much faster I can get with more time than I had that summer. I do not plan on stopping anytime soon, I want to just keep improving. Now I don't think I can separate myself too much from other hard-working athletes, but I will say this I have an outgoing personality, and I am not afraid to step up and fill in positions that are needed, whether that is a leader or a vocal supporter cheering on my team.