# @vtrecsports on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2020-12-07T21:49:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Virginia Tech Rec Sports (@VTRecSports) — https://gondola.cc/VTRecSports

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“My whole Virginia Tech experience has been made by rugby people; I don't even know what I would do with myself at Tech without it.”
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Senior Jetta Owens is a three-time All-American and a USA Women’s National Rugby Team candidate.
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“[Being a three-time All-American] makes me feel super cool. I feel pretty badass. It always came back to the Tech team for me. I had coaches at these camps, and I’m learning all of these new drills, so I’m writing it all down -- what we did, what I learned, how can I apply this -- and I bring it back to Tech with me. I brought back the drills from Trula Vista and we ended up just killing teams. I think that’s what really changed our program here.”
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Things were going really well for Owens in the spring of 2020, but unfortunately the pandemic hit. Though her plans were rerouted, the process for Owens to attend the Women’s National Team Denver Daily Training Environment worked out pretty perfectly. Prior to the pandemic, Owens was out in Vista having her numbers taken for the 2024 Olympics. While there, one coach relayed something to her that changed her mentality on her progression in the rugby world.
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“He said, ‘What would an Olympian do? You need to start thinking like that. If you want to do this, and I think you can, you need to start really training.’ So I start training; I’m running more, I’m sprinting more. So I told the women’s head coach this and he let me start listening in on the meetings [that decided who would attend the camp to prepare for the Rugby World Cup 2021].”
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Shortly after listening to the meetings, the coaches for the Women’s National Team Denver Daily Training Environment watched and reviewed Owens’ videos and were very interested in her coming out and attending the full eight-week training camp.
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Owens finished out the Women’s National Team Denver Daily Training Environment camp on November 14. She was picked for the 2nd round and competed in the two intersquad matches that occurred on November 18 and 21.
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#HokieFeature: Jetta Owens / Women’s Rugby  U.S.A. / Women’s National Team / 3-Time Collegiate All-American / Class of 2021

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