For Marquette track and field senior captain Mary Hanson, track literally runs in her blood.
Both of Hanson’s parents ran track and cross country in college, and her two sisters, Michaela Courtney and Molly Hanson, ran at Marquette, so it would seem that Mary was destined to find herself running at the highest collegiate level.
Despite her entire family running in college, it didn’t come easy.
“It’s a bit overwhelming having a family full of runners,” Mary said. “I felt I had a lot of pressure growing up to run at the (Division I) level, but once senior year in high school came around, I fell in love with the sport and decided I wanted to run in college.