May 27, 2025
Some might believe she's quiet, even shy. USF women's track and field athlete Rushana Dwyer doesn't see it that way. She's economical with her words. She speaks with purpose. There's no wasted motion.
Sort of like her all-business approach to the 400-meter run.
When Dwyer lined up in the blocks at the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships, with her nerves fluttering a bit, she silently spoke the sentences that have become part of her pre-race routine.
I am a winner. I am going to win.
And then she did.