<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/lydia-randolph.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Miles of grit: Lydia Randolph’s endurance race through engineering </title><pub_date>05/14/2025</pub_date><image_large><img src="/news/2025/images/lydia-randoplh-media.jpg" alt="Lydia Randolph"/></image_large><summary>At mile 20 of the Boston Marathon, Heartbreak Hill lives up to its name. The crowd cheers, the incline steepens, and for many runners, exhaustion begins to outweigh adrenaline. When Lydia Randolph experienced this uphill battle, it was nothing new. </summary><sitee>Trine.edu</sitee><type>Trine-Built Story</type><topics>Achievements,Alumni</topics><programs>Chemical Engineering</programs><programs_c/><related/><trine_highlight>True</trine_highlight><trineonline_highlight/><highlight_name>Lydia Randolph</highlight_name><highlight_major>Chemical Engineering</highlight_major><highlight_year>Class of 2025</highlight_year><highlight_quote><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW169160466 BCX0">The faculty here saw my potential and helped me shape my path. They didn’t just teach me—they listened, they </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW169160466 BCX0">guided</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW169160466 BCX0"> and they made me feel like I belonged.</span></highlight_quote></item>