New York City Marathon runner Rachel Apa was described as a lifelong athlete who was “always on the go” by loved ones and former teammates, following her tragic death during Sunday’s race from the rare muscular condition, rhabdomyolysis.
Apa, 24, played field hockey at Bucknell University and exercised regularly before recently moving to Charleston, South Carolina, to pursue an MBA while working full-time remotely, her father, Steve Apa, told NBC News.
“She was always on the go, always go, and it doesn’t matter if it’s school or sports or whatever it is. She was go,” the grieving dad said from the family home in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania.
She was also remembered as a skilled hockey player who “gave 100% every single time, always with a smile and an unwavering commitment to her teammates,” by her former team, Central Penn Field Hockey Club, in a Facebook post.
