Being a Division I track & field athlete is hard. Being a Division I track & field athlete and a Type 1 diabetic takes hard to a whole new level.
Grace Daun, a sophomore high jumper on the Illinois State track & field team, was eight years old and in the third grade when she first found out she had diabetes. Finding out at such a young age, she had no idea what it was, what it meant and how it would change her life.
"I really didn't know what diabetes was at all," Daun said.