photo by Kelly Fletcher, story by Natalie Fitts

Triple threat

“I play soccer, track and a little bit of golf.”

In training

“I have been training for the Junior Olympics in track and the State Cup in soccer.”

Long-running career

“I’ve been [running] track for six years and playing soccer for 12 years.”

Current team

“I’ve been playing for the KC Legends for about a year.”

Busy schedule

“[For soccer], I practice two times a week. Track [has practice] four times a week.”

Specialties

“[My track events are] the 100 meter, 200 meter and long jump.”

Beginnings

“My parents put me on a soccer team. [With track], I watched my sister run and it always looked fun…I’ve been doing them both ever since.”

STA sports

“I’m going to try to play both [soccer and run track] for STA.”

Traveling team

“[My soccer team] hasn’t traveled yet, but our biggest tournament is probably [in] Dallas.”

College plans

“[I want] to get a [college] scholarship. [I would keep running after college], if some track team picks me up.”

Runs in the family

“For soccer, [my idol is] probably Alex Morgan. For track, it’s probably my aunt. She just ran in the World Games in Russia.”

Favorite part

“[My favorite part of each sport is] probably traveling to meets and games.”