FROM BRIMFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.
TESSA IS OUR SECRET WEAPON IN PLAIN SIGHT. A JUNIOR WITH UNDENIABLE TALENT, SHE SEEMS TO LEVEL UP EVERY SINGLE SEASON, GETTING A LITTLE FASTER,
A LITTLE STRONGER,
AND A LITTLE MORE ICONIC.
FROM THE BEGINNING,WE KNEW SHE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL...
AND THAT SOMETHING MIGHT BE THE DANCER IN HER.
YES, ONCE UPON A TIME, TESSA WAS PIROUETTING ACROSS A STUDIO, AND LET’S BE REAL, THE FLEXIBILITY NEVER LEFT.
WHILE MOST OF US STRUGGLE TO TOUCH OUR TOES,
TESSA IS CASUALLY DOING HANDSTANDS POST-WORKOUT
LIKE IT’S NO BIG DEAL.
TESSA IS CASUALLY DOING HANDSTANDS POST-WORKOUT
LIKE IT’S NO BIG DEAL.
SHE BRINGS A LIGHTHEARTED ENERGY TO THE TEAM.
FUNNY, CAREFREE, AND ALWAYS DOWN TO MAKE THINGS FUN.
BUT THE SECOND THE STARTING GUN GOES OFF,
THAT CHILL VIBE TURNS INTO FULL BEAST MODE.
THAT CHILL VIBE TURNS INTO FULL BEAST MODE.
TESSA MAY ONLY BE FIVE FEET TALL, BUT WHEN SHE RACES,
HER AURA IS HUGE.
YOU CAN FEEL IT
.
SHE RACES WITH FIRE, LIKE SHE HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE, EVEN THOUGH SHE ALREADY PROVED IT JUST BY SHOWING UP AND SHINING..
SHE CAME INTO COLLEGE RELATIVELY NEW TO THE SPORT, BUT YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT.
SHE ADJUSTED FAST AND CLAIMED HER SPOT AS ONE OF OUR SPEEDIEST.
OUTSIDE OF TRAINING, SHE’S OUR STYLE ICON AND UNOFFICIAL TEAM PHOTOGRAPHER (SHOUTOUT TO THE EVER-PRESENT DIGITAL CAMERA).
WITH LASHES ALWAYS ON POINT, HAIR SLAYED (PROBABLY WITH HELP FROM RYLEE),
AND OUTFITS THAT EAT EVERY TIME,
TESSA REMINDS US THAT
CONFIDENCE CAN LOOK CUTE AND FIERCE AT THE SAME TIME.
SHE’S A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR, SO IF YOU THINK YOU ARE
ONE STEP AHEAD OF HER...
THINK AGAIN.
SHE’S ALREADY READ YOUR BODY LANGUAGE, FIGURED OUT YOUR PACE STRATEGY, AND PROBABLY HAS A PHOTO OF YOU
MID-SUFFERING SAVED ON HER CAMERA.
AS A PROUD MASSHOLE, SHE BRINGS EAST COAST ENERGY TO THE WEST, AND WE’RE LUCKY TO HAVE HER. MID-SUFFERING SAVED ON HER CAMERA.
TESSA REMINDS US TO STAY GROUNDED, STAY STYLISH, AND NEVER TAKE LIFE (OR RACING) TOO SERIOUSLY.