Future
Olympian?
Success
of cross country runner traces back to her home in Kenya
Cross
country takes on a whole new meaning for the women’s
only foreign cross country runner.
Every
morning Mary Kinyanjui would walk seven miles to and from
school as a child in Kiambu, Kenya.
Little did she know how much this sacrifice, which allowed
her to stay at home, would pay off. |
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Sarah
Chacko/Photo Editor
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Mary Kinyanjui poses on the track in a way that
most don’t see her: standing still. The cross
country runner broke her own school record in the
5,000-meter run Thursday in Austin. |
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