Meet the Mystics - Lamar Keigan-Diggs

Name: Lamar Keigan-Diggs
Year of Eligibility: 2nd
Home Town: Halifax, NS
Major: Child and Youth Studies

How long have you been running?
Two years.

Did you play any other sports growing up? 
Yes, softball.

Why did you come to the Mount?
Because they offer the child and youth program as well as the BEd.

How would you describe your time with the team so far?
Simply amazing, very accepting

What do you like to do for fun?
YouTube and dance with my friends.

What is the biggest risk you have taken so far in your athletic career?
Doing my first 8km run last year.

Any pre-race superstitions or routines?
Bagel with cream cheese and a coffee.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
A teacher.

What was your favourite book growing up?
Goosebumps.

What’s a surprising thing on your bucket list?
To visit the most northern Canadian hotel.

You can put three toppings on a pizza... what would they be?
Maple bacon, pepperoni and pineapple.

If you were a super hero, what would your power be?
Invisibility.

What are your career goals?
To be a teacher and give back to students what I didn’t have growing up. 

If you could have dinner with any three people, dead or alive, who would they be?
Ariana Grande, Usher and Sabrina Carpenter.

If you had an offer from NASA to go up to space for a month, would you do it? 
Yes.

What’s one item you could never live without?
My phone.

Do you have a nickname?
Yes, they call me Lammy.

Favourite food? Chicken Alfredo pasta.
Current Favourite song? Bad Chem, Sabrina Carpenter.
Favourite professional athlete? Steph Curry.
Beach or mountains? Mountains.
Summer or winter? Summer.
Cooking at home or eating out? Eating out