Graduation

I have officially graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree, with a concentration in Marketing. It was a busy week with two graduation ceremonies, one for the Honors College and another for the College of Business and Economics. Everyone has asked me how it feels to be a college graduate, and my response to everyone is that “it definitely hasn’t hit me yet”. Morgantown is and will always be my home, so I know over the years, I’ll always come back to Morgantown and WVU. And I’m also not completely done with school – seeing as how I will be starting graduate school in September. Additionally, my long-term goal is to one day be a professor – so one day my career will be entirely focused around college students. So, yes, I have graduated from WVU, but this is just a chapter of my life that is coming to an end, and I am gearing up for the next big adventure!

So over the summer I’ll be working, finalizing plans for graduate school in Scotland, and preparing for my first triathlon!

Official Race Results

http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php#racetop

bib number:	3145
age:	21
gender:	F
location:	Morgantown, WV
overall place:	1122 out of 4109
division place:	39 out of 178
gender place:	250 out of 1660
time:	4:02:59
pace:	9:17
6.8mi:	1:03:14
half:	1:59:46
19.7mi:	3:00:51
lastmi:	8:48

Morgantown Rotary

http://www.clubrunner.ca/CPrg/home/homeA.asp?cid=579

"On April 29th, Ambassadorial Scholar Sarah Perry shared with the club her excitement over her upcoming year abroad in Scotland. She will study for a Master's Degree in International Marketing Management. The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors academic year scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to a greater understanding of their host country"

Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon

I LOVED and Survived my first Marathon! 26.2 Miles - Check! About the Marathon Weekend...

I drove up to Cincinnati with my mom and brother (best support team ever) on Saturday morning. During the day we had to pick up my Marathon Registration packet - there was a huge Expo with vendors at Registration where you could pick up lots of running stuff and there was a ton to see and do. Then and we enjoyed a delicious pasta dinner.

Saturday Morning at 6:30AM the race started - so my mom and I walked from our hotel to the starting line at 5:30AM. It was POURING rain! There was thunder and lightening at the beginning, but that didn't stop thousands of people from running the race.

So soaking wet - with thousands of other runners, we began! There were 20,000 people who took part of the entire race weekend, and 5,000 people who just ran the Marathon...there were so many people that I didn't cross the starting line until 3 minutes after the official start.

It was such a fun marathon - there were tons of bystanders and many of them dressed in PINK and pig costumes. Thank God for the enthusiastic cheering that kept us going and the volunteers who passed out Gatorade at every mile.

Running the marathon was truly a great experience and huge life accomplishment! I was so glad that I decided to run the marathon for Girls on the Run too - because every time my legs started to hurt I would think about the energetic young girls in the program and everyone who donated.

I met my goal of running the entire race - and finished with a 9 minute 27 second pace at 4 hours 2 minutes and 59 seconds! 4:02:59!

I can't wait until the next marathon! Who's with me?