Martin Simon Rodriguez
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Martin Simon Rodriguez // Columbus East junior soccer player
Simon Rodriguez scored all four Olympian goals in a 4-1 win at Franklin and four more goals in Thursday’s 8-0 win against Jennings County.
His performance last week: “I’m proud. I’m very happy about it.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “The day of the game, I eat healthy and chill on the sofa.”
Favorite drink: “Water”
Favorite food: “I like Burritos.”
Favorite class: “Weights”
Favorite sports team: “Real Madrid”
Favorite athlete: “Cristiano Ronaldo and Usain Bolt”
Role model: “My father and my mother (Alberto and Mar)”
Best advice: “Always work hard and give 100 percent.”
Athletics goal: “To be the best version of me I can be.”
If you could travel anywhere: “Santorini, Greece, because I was in Greece, and I love it, and Santorini is one of the places I liked to go.”
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Nadia Harris // Columbus East senior soccer player
Nadia Harris
Harris scored three goals to lead the Olympians to a 5-0 win at Jennings County. She also had an assist in Saturday’s 2-1 win against New Albany.
Her performance last week: “I’m proud of our effort as a team, and I think as a team, we’ve gotten a lot better at working together through the season.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “I have a playlist that I listen to most of the time, and I just try to lock in by listening to that and relaxing and envisioning the game.”
Favorite drink: “Blue Gatorade”
Favorite food: “Corn casserole”
Favorite class: “My Biomedical Innovations class.”
Favorite sports team: “I watch Purdue men’s basketball the most.”
Favorite athlete: “(US Women’s National Team player) Rose LaVelle.”
Role model: “My mom (Emily Vincent-Harris).”
Best advice: “Give all your effort that you can, and whatever happens will be what it is, but if you give all your effort and give all you can, then you’ll succeed one way or another.”
Athletics goal: “I want to make All-Conference.”
If you could travel anywhere: “Probably out west, so I can see the national parks and go hiking.”
