By Hannah Armstrong\/\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hood College\u2019s strength and conditioning coach returned to work this week after spending nearly three weeks in quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coach Erika Moyer initially entered quarantine after Athletic Director Susan Kolb informed her that she may have come in contact with students who had recently tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI found out around the second day of the 72-hour lockdown,\u201d Moyer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moyer was instructed to remain home for 14 days in addition to the three-day lockdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After her first few days in quarantine, Moyer became symptomatic. She was tested, and her results showed that Moyer did have COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moyer remained in quarantine, but student-athletes were able to continue their strength and conditioning workouts by following Moyer\u2019s pre-established workout plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLuckily the teams had a good base coming in,\u201d Moyer said. \u201cWe were training for three, maybe four weeks before I went into lockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During this time, Moyer consistently checked her email and phone to ensure that she could answer any questions her athletes may have had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was hard for me to get into a rhythm. Then become comfortable with my rhythm and my routine with training, and then be forced to sit at my home and find things to do, instead of training,\u201d Moyer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While at home, Moyer was able to be creative and do some things she had not had time to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI play a little guitar, so I tried to pick that hobby back up,\u201d Moyer said. \u201cI read some, and also walked my dog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt really is a community, the coaches here and the athletic department,\u201d Moyer said. \u201cThey really helped me out and were like my second family\u2014they really came through for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDr. Kolb dropped a bunch of groceries off at my house,\u201d Moyer said. \u201cMy family lives in Pennsylvania, and I don\u2019t have any family around here, and even though they would have come down, it is a long drive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCoach Mehl cooked me a big dinner one night,\u201d Moyer added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moyer has since tested negative for COVID-19 and is now back in the gym, eager to begin working with her student-athletes once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"