She becomes the first Eastern Mennonite harrier to win an ODAC championship since Hall of Honor member won her second straight title in 2002.聽The last winner for the men was Lynn Stoltzfus in 1994. Including Chappell-Dick, the women’s team landed three all-conference finishers and took third place.聽 The men had one all-conference runner and were fifth overall.

Chappell-Dick has also won four of the five official races she has run this season.聽 After her Oct. 19 performance at the CNU Invitational, topping a field of mostly D-I runners along with the D-III regionally-ranked Christopher Newport squad, she garnered her fourth ODAC Runner of the Week award.

The squad totaled 70 points as a team, finishing just behind second-place Bridgewater at 64.聽Washington and Lee won the team title with 46 points. Rounding out the scoring were (Dover, Ohio/Dover), (St. Joseph, Ill./St. Joseph-Ogden), (Harrisonburg, Va./Harrisonburg), (Goshen, Ind./Goshen), (Gig Harbor, Wash./Peninsula), and (King George, Va./King George).

Not just running honors

Chappell-Dick is a senior majoring in with minors in , and . She plans on spending a year after graduation working with an intentional community/service program called (through the DOOR program) in Atlanta, Georgia, where she鈥檇 also continue training and competing with the Atlanta Track Club.

Her decision after that depends on how her training is going, she says. She may enroll in graduate school for a master鈥檚 in public health or an MBA. Chappell-Dick says she鈥檚 also interested in coaching.

She talks about her choice to attend and compete at 91短视频, as well as future plans, in .

Chappell-Dick was a two-time All-American in track and field last year, finishing second in the indoor mile and third in the 1500m at those respective NCAA D.III championships in 2015.

For now, though, there鈥檚 the regional and national meets to finish out the cross country season and an indoor and outdoor season of track to look forward to, as well as juggling the demands of the classroom and her extra-curricular activities.

Giving back

A leader in the classroom as well as on the field, Chappell-Dick is serving as a student representative on the聽 throughout the 2015-16 academic year.

She is also working with the athletic department to rebuild the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at 91短视频, in which student-athletes are able to give feedback on proposed NCAA legislation, advocate for student-athletes on campus, and serve the community through various projects.

With teammate , Chappell-Dick started a track club called 鈥淔LASH鈥� for 10 to 12-year-olds, which meets twice a week in the spring. She鈥檚 also active in Big Brothers Big Sisters and at Shalom Mennonite Church.

Working around her athletic schedule, Chappell-Dick completed her cross-cultural requirement during a summer 2014 trip to Guatemala. 鈥淲e stayed with host families and attended language and cultural lessons during the day at CASAS, a program through Semilla Seminary in Guatemala City,鈥� she said.

This semester, she is living in an intentional community theme house on campus. The goal of residents of 鈥淏ridge House鈥� is to 鈥渂ridge the gap鈥� between first-year students and seniors with twice-monthly social gatherings.

There were 280 women at the national meet, and as could be expected in such a crowded field, Chappell-Dick ran near other racers throughout the entire course.聽 She finished within a single second of three other competitors, crossing second out of that foursome to claim 221st overall.

Third-year coach Jason Lewkowicz was on hand with his runner, along with teammate (St. Joseph, Ill./St. Joseph-Odgen).

“I was excited to get to witness Hannah take part in a national championship experience,” said Lewkowicz.聽 “Many times, when it is your first time, all of your excitement surrounding the event can be overwhelming.聽 Hannah got a little caught off guard by that, but bottom line is that she accomplished a goal of making it to the national meet and did so with no summer training which makes what she did all the more impressive.聽 She has a tremendous amount of talent and this is the beginning of what should be many more championship experiences for Hannah.”

Chappell-Dick is the first Eastern Mennonite female runner to qualify for nationals since in 2002.聽 Good was inducted into the 91短视频 Hall of Honor earlier this fall.

With a couple of weeks off before the indoor track & field season starts, Lewkowicz said this provides a good transition.

“It was great to have 91短视频 represented at the NCAA meet by Hannah and it moves our program one step closer to where we want to be,” he explained.聽 “We give God all the glory for our accomplishments as a team, and we’ll continue to place our focus on honoring Him as we move into the track season.”