It might not be the setting one would expect of an Olympian at work, but at Drake Stadium on UCLA's campus, 22-year-old Shae Anderson pushes herself through a workout without a trainer. 

In late June, Anderson qualified for the Tokyo summer games as a 400-meter relay pool member when she finished eighth in the 400-meter final at the Olympic Qualifiers in Eugene, Oregon. 

But Anderson's Olympic euphoria was short-lived. Just days after punching her ticket to Tokyo, her lifelong coach and father, Mark, had to be hospitalized with a perforated colon. 

"He just couldn't get out of bed because he was in pain. He felt like he got stabbed," Anderson said of the moment she knew something was wrong. 

Her father remained in an Oregon hospital for the better part of a month, and she couldn't be there for his surgery and had to return to California to train alone. 

While her father was discharged in mid-July, Anderson has had to keep up her training without him. 

 "Just having his presence calms me down in general," Anderson said of her father's effect on her races. "When I'm out on the track, I always picture him being here and telling me what to do." 

Mark Anderson's presence is at UCLA in more ways than one. His name is on the walls at Drake Stadium, and having set a school record herself, Shea Anderson couldn't be prouder to have her name right by his. Her father is a two-time All-America Decathlete, an NCAA Champion and UCLA Record Holder. But she also knows this is what they've worked for, and she gets to live out the Olympic dream her father never could. 

The girl with the golden hair has golden aspirations. 

And that's what keeps her going, even without her lifelong coach. 

Shae knows she is running for her country and the name on her back.

The Andersons are raising money for the hospital costs and have started a GoFundMe page.