Editor’s note: Every Wednesday throughout the fall, we’ll catch up with track and field student-athletes and coaches for five questions.
Q: What were some of the key components on why you chose to transfer to Virginia Tech?
HERRA: “My initial interest was when my coach from Iowa [Andrew Dubs] said that he was coming here. Then, I was just looking into options because I was going to stay at Iowa and work on prerequisites for grad school. And then I looked here and they have the exact grad program I wanted, which is really rare because there’s not that many grad programs that combine exercise and nutrition.