The sun isn’t even up by the time Jessica Allen is running. The grass is frosted over.
But Allen is focused. She’s ready.
Her eyes are clear and full of determination as she circles the track.
She wants to be the best.
Running star
“I want to run a marathon and I have a goal to qualify for the Olympic trials,” Allen, a senior biology major, said. “It’s still hard, but that would keep me motivated to keep training. I trained this summer with a girl that’s going for that and I saw how she does it and it really inspired me to hopefully do that someday.