# @latham_west on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMI4MIlytRe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33704034-latham-west-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-15T18:36:20.000+00:00

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It’s with great excitement that I announce my commitment to the University of Portland! I am so enthusiastic to pursue and enhance my long distance running career further with UP and I can’t wait to be a Pilot next year!
It honestly just blows my mind that I’ve gotten to this point after only starting running my freshman year. If you told me in 8th grade I would be going to a prestigious Division 1 school on a full ride I would have laughed and said that my passion was soccer. 
It’s going to be sad leaving my wrestling career behind me but I still have my Senior Year to just leave it all on the mat. I can’t express how grateful I am for my family and friends for supporting me throughout this journey. Thank you Tim West and Katherine West for being the best parents I could have asked for and always being a face I could look out to and depend on when I stepped onto the start line. Thank you Judith Revell for being an amazing Cross Country and Track coach and I’m so glad I get to have one more year with you.
I’ve broken a lot of physical and mental barriers to get to this point, and I can’t wait to hopefully tear it up my Senior Year before making my college debut. Thanks to everyone who has ever been a positive light in my life, I couldn’t have done this without you.

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