Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Engels buru ụzọ gaa North Carolina State na agụmakwụkwọ egwuregwu. N'afọ mbụ ya n'ụlọ akwụkwọ, ọ na-acha ọbara ọbara ma nwee nsogbu mmerụ ahụ na-adịghị ala ala. N'oge okpomọkụ mgbe afọ mbụ ya gasịrị, ya na ndị otu egwuregwu mba Amerịka gara Colombia ịsọ mpi na
2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, ebe o meriri mita 1500. Nanị ọnwa anọ mgbe nke a gasịrị, n'oge ezumike oyi, Engels kpebiri ịkwụsị idebanye aha ya na NC State. Ọ tụlere ịkwụsị ịgba ọsọ asọmpi kpamkpam, mana onye nchịkwa ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ya, Chris Catton, gbara ya ume ka ọ ghara ịkwụsị. N'oge oge oyi nke ejighị n'aka, o zigara onyinye n'otu n'otu na ndị otu ya na NC State dị ka ihe ịrịba ama nke goodbye, ma zụtakwa ụgbọ ala ntụrụndụ eji eme ihe na Craigslist, nke mebiri ozugbo ọ zụrụ.