More than three months and 18 miles removed from helping the Loyola Maryland women's track and field team set a school record at the prestigious Millrose Games in New York City, Carly Spinnler is exerting herself in a different — but perhaps more important — field.

Every weekend for more than a month, she has been working as a certified nursing assistant at a nursing home in her hometown of North Haledon, New Jersey. As of last week, the Holland Christian Home had reported 63 positive cases of the coronavirus and nine deaths.

But rather than be fearful, Spinnler, 20, said that the experience has actually strengthened her desire to graduate with a bachelor's in nursing and become a nurse practitioner.

"I have learned that helping people is second nature for me and that I wouldn't question it even in a pandemic like this," she said, adding that she will add a few more weekday shifts to her schedule. "It really solidifies that I do want to stay in the medical field for the rest of my life. It's good exposure, and even though it's scary, it has to be done."

Read the full story by Ed Lee in The Baltimore Sun.