Megan Schreppler (Dayton) article
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:20 pm
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UD Flyer Faceoff: Megan Schreppler
Emily Deet
Chief Staff Writer
With a class of 23 freshmen added to the roster, the UD women’s track team is at its largest and most competitive form in recent memory.
The roster now lists more than 40 girls on the team, looking to make some real improvements on an impressive spring season last year. Members of the team now come from all over the United States, including Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Maryland, and of course, some hailing from Ohio.
Along with the many new faces present on the team, new events will also be showcased. The 2006-07 season marks the first time UD will have a competitive group of pole vaulters competing in meets. Three freshmen represent the new group of athletes; Katie DeVault, Melissa Walls, and Meghan Schreppler. The three women have been working hard to impress in the indoor track season’s home opener, the Oilier Invite at the University of Findlay Saturday.
Coming all the way from Tyler, Texas, Schreppler joins two of her high school teammates, Kristin Terry and Emily Krizmanic, in representing the Flyers on the track. A multiple state champion out of T.K. Gorman High School, Schreppler will be competing in the pole vault, long jump and triple jump for UD.
Attributing her success to God, her teammates and coaches, including the reason she started competing in the sport, she is looking to impress in the college ranks as well. With her first semester at UD almost complete, Schreppler has been busy with classes, training, and adjusting to life in Ohio. I had the opportunity to learn about what life has been like for her, both on and off the track as a student athlete at UD.
Flyer News: What has your first semester at UD been like so far?
Meghan Schreppler: The first semester has been great so far. It has been a little stressful, but over all really fun and exciting.
FN: Has it been hard being so far from home?
MS: It has been a little difficult being so far from home. I haven’t seen any of my friends since school started, and the weather is defiantly an adjustment, but I still keep in touch with all my friends and family and have made new friends here. Overall my support system is strong as ever, but I do get just a little homesick every once in a while.
FN: What is Tyler, Texas, like? Is it comparable to anywhere around here?
MS: Tyler is great; it’s what I would call the perfect size town, not too big and not too small. I have lived there since I was 3, and grown up there. It’ll always be home to me. There’s not really too much to do there; a usual weekend consisted of going to our high school games and hanging out at the lake. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
FN: As a mechanical engineering major here at UD, have the classes been what you’ve expected? Do you know what you want to do with your degree?
MS: Coming in as an engineering major I knew the work wouldn’t be easy. The classes are challenging, but I think that time management has been the biggest obstacle. I could see myself doing various things when I grow up. I would like to take the biomedical route once I get farther into engineering and design medical equipment and prosthesis, but if I can financially afford it, I would love to be a high school track coach.
FN: What has it been like being one of the first pole-vaulters at UD?
MS: It’s great knowing that we are the first of an amazing program that is going to continue to grow and be successful in the coming years. We have an awesome coach; practices are productive yet very fun.
FN: Will you stick strictly to pole vaulting in track, or compete in other events as well?
MS: No not quite, I also compete in the long jump and triple as well, and whatever else I am told to do.
FN: What’s it like pole vaultingâ€â€
UD Flyer Faceoff: Megan Schreppler
Emily Deet
Chief Staff Writer
With a class of 23 freshmen added to the roster, the UD women’s track team is at its largest and most competitive form in recent memory.
The roster now lists more than 40 girls on the team, looking to make some real improvements on an impressive spring season last year. Members of the team now come from all over the United States, including Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Maryland, and of course, some hailing from Ohio.
Along with the many new faces present on the team, new events will also be showcased. The 2006-07 season marks the first time UD will have a competitive group of pole vaulters competing in meets. Three freshmen represent the new group of athletes; Katie DeVault, Melissa Walls, and Meghan Schreppler. The three women have been working hard to impress in the indoor track season’s home opener, the Oilier Invite at the University of Findlay Saturday.
Coming all the way from Tyler, Texas, Schreppler joins two of her high school teammates, Kristin Terry and Emily Krizmanic, in representing the Flyers on the track. A multiple state champion out of T.K. Gorman High School, Schreppler will be competing in the pole vault, long jump and triple jump for UD.
Attributing her success to God, her teammates and coaches, including the reason she started competing in the sport, she is looking to impress in the college ranks as well. With her first semester at UD almost complete, Schreppler has been busy with classes, training, and adjusting to life in Ohio. I had the opportunity to learn about what life has been like for her, both on and off the track as a student athlete at UD.
Flyer News: What has your first semester at UD been like so far?
Meghan Schreppler: The first semester has been great so far. It has been a little stressful, but over all really fun and exciting.
FN: Has it been hard being so far from home?
MS: It has been a little difficult being so far from home. I haven’t seen any of my friends since school started, and the weather is defiantly an adjustment, but I still keep in touch with all my friends and family and have made new friends here. Overall my support system is strong as ever, but I do get just a little homesick every once in a while.
FN: What is Tyler, Texas, like? Is it comparable to anywhere around here?
MS: Tyler is great; it’s what I would call the perfect size town, not too big and not too small. I have lived there since I was 3, and grown up there. It’ll always be home to me. There’s not really too much to do there; a usual weekend consisted of going to our high school games and hanging out at the lake. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
FN: As a mechanical engineering major here at UD, have the classes been what you’ve expected? Do you know what you want to do with your degree?
MS: Coming in as an engineering major I knew the work wouldn’t be easy. The classes are challenging, but I think that time management has been the biggest obstacle. I could see myself doing various things when I grow up. I would like to take the biomedical route once I get farther into engineering and design medical equipment and prosthesis, but if I can financially afford it, I would love to be a high school track coach.
FN: What has it been like being one of the first pole-vaulters at UD?
MS: It’s great knowing that we are the first of an amazing program that is going to continue to grow and be successful in the coming years. We have an awesome coach; practices are productive yet very fun.
FN: Will you stick strictly to pole vaulting in track, or compete in other events as well?
MS: No not quite, I also compete in the long jump and triple as well, and whatever else I am told to do.
FN: What’s it like pole vaultingâ€â€