Robbie Koll is an 80-year-old woman who can run circles around people half her age. When I barged into a recent class she was teaching at the Hampton Family YCMA, Koll did not miss a beat.
I was there to surprise her with a News 3 Everyday Hero award for her decades of dedication. Koll has been a fitness instructor at the Hampton Family YMCA for 40 years, teaching fellow seniors in the Silver Sneakers program six days a week. Fellow instructor Christine Hunter wrote me to sing Koll’s praises.
“She really is what I want to be when I grow up,” Hunter explained. “She has such a big heart and she gives to everyone, but she also stays so strong and is so motivational.”…