# @vtrecsports on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CNAmP5tn4qK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2462648-vtrecsports-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-03-29T16:27:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Virginia Tech Rec Sports (@VTRecSports) — https://gondola.cc/VTRecSports

## Caption

Virginia Tech alumnae Anne Jones Thompson and Lynne Krulich were the first women at the university to receive athletic scholarships. In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, we met with the sisters to reflect on some of their greatest athletic endeavors.

POST GRAD: MARATHONS, ADVENTURE RACES, AND MORE
Their time at Virginia Tech was only the beginning of living an active life. 

“I definitely think tennis was a catalyst. Once we found tennis, we always had somewhere to go and something to do outside. It led to all other things,” said Lynne. “Any running we had done started out as a means to get better at tennis or to get in better shape for tennis or to be quicker for tennis, then everything else followed,” said Anne. 

What followed tennis was 40 years of triathlons, marathons, adventure races, spartan races, Iron Man challenges, biking, tennis tournaments, hiking, and everything in between. 

“We needed another competitive outlet, and that’s when we got into running. When we got into marathons, that led into other crazy things. We just wanted to do the crazy things because they were definitely very challenging,” said Anne. 

WHERE THEY ARE NOW
When they’re not running marathons, playing doubles tournaments in Arizona, biking the Blue Ridge Parkway, or hiking the Grand Canyon, you can find Lynne supervising the Blacksburg Aquatic Center and Anne teaching tennis lessons at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center here on campus. 

When asked to reflect on the past roughly 40 years of adventure, the sisters said they “wouldn’t change a thing.”

#HokieFeature: Anne Jones & Lynne Krulich | Women’s History Month | Virginia Tech Tennis | Class of 1981

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Virginia Tech Rec Sports | @VTRecSports | https://gondola.cc/VTRecSports | University |
| Will Trent | @WillyTMedia | https://gondola.cc/WillyTMedia | Creative Director |
| Will Trent | @WillyTMedia | https://gondola.cc/WillyTMedia | Marketing Director |
| Will Trent | @WillyTMedia | https://gondola.cc/WillyTMedia | Social Media Strategist |

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hokiefeature, womenshistorymonth

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