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A10 — THE OBSERVER
KNAPP
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In addition to the school
mark in the 3,000, he has
the school record in the
1,500 at 4:08.46, and was
attempting to break the
school record in the 800 at
the Special District 5 pre-
view April 19 in Athena.
The move to the next
level is one Moody said was
only made possible because
of Knapp’s decision to drop
soccer and focus solely on
running.
“The day that he com-
mitted to be a runner
instead of a soccer player
— I’m sure it was a big
decision on his part — it
just opened the fl oodgates,”
Moody said. “I don’t know
anybody that has a better
work ethic. He’s just so ded-
icated in what he does.”
Knapp said prior to that
decision, he saw himself
at best being a Division II
runner, and even said that
was a stretch in his mind.
He said he already had
committed to play soccer at
a Montana school before the
focus change.
“The coach for U of I
reached out to me, and that
is when it started to occur
to me (that) maybe I can be
a D-I runner,” he said. “I
want to thrive at that level.
It was honestly a shot in
the dark. I was aiming (for)
D-II and lower.”
Knapp will give the
Vandals a second dis-
tance standout from small-
town Northeastern Oregon.
Former 1A state champion
Tim Stevens, a Cove grad-
uate, is also on the roster in
Moscow.
Knapp said Stevens
being on the team did
impact his decision.
“I see him and I as very
similar runners,” Knapp
said. “To see his success
right now, that gives me
hope, because I see we are
so similar. I hope to be as
quality of a runner as he
is within the next year or
two. It gives me that idea
that if he can succeed, why
can’t I?”
Moody said Knapp has
been welcomed “with open
arms” at the U of I, and
concurred that him joining
the same school as Stevens
is a plus.
“Going to the University
of Idaho is a good school.
They’ve done a lot of good
things,” he said.
More school records
could fall by the time
Knapp graduates later
this spring, though he
knows that once he steps
on campus in Moscow, the
game will change.
But he is also confi dent.
“I’m defi nitely going
in with the mindset of it’s
going to be hard, but I’m
going to have teammates
that will push me every
day,” he said. “If I continue
with my diet, if I continue
with my hard work, I can
continue this upward trend
of going faster.”
His coach is also opti-
mistic, and believes the sky
is the limit.
“I think he’s still got a
long ways to go” before he
peaks, Moody said.
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