Although they are over 5,000 miles away from their native homeland of Sweden, senior Joel Duren and sophomore Astrid Rosvall keep each other company on the cross-country team.
Duren and Rosvall grew up 10 minutes away from each other in Stockholm, Sweden. They met at Bromma Gymnasium, an athletic club in Stockholm.
After briefly attending university in Stockholm, Duren dropped out to concentrate on running. A longtime friend, former cross-country runner Emil Blomberg, called and told him about a distance running opportunity for the Mavericks.
“He was like, ‘We have a spot on the team, do you want to come over?