Then seventh-grader Charlotte Hardy took her place at the starting line in the grass outside of Indian Hills Middle School alongside over one hundred other runners, both boys and girls. Having never run competitively before, her dad encouraged her to join the cross country team just weeks before. After two treacherous laps around the half-mile course she had solidified a strong lead on the rest of the girls in her group. Even though she was in front of the reshe couldn’t run anymore. She had stopped. Breathing hard she told Indian Hills cross country coach and social studies teacher Douglas Jones that she was good with just one mile for the first meet. “We ended up putting her in the first meet in the mile and she annihilated people,” Jones said. “I went up to her after the race and told her she would never run a mile again for us. She smiled and laughed and said she got it.” To read more, click the link in bio. #storybyaddynewman #photobysylviedeglan #socialmediabyreesedunham #p...