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98-year-old secretary Katie Jensen was heart of UTEP track team for 30 years

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The telephone jangles and she picks it up and, in her high-pitched, almost falsetto voice, sings, "UTEP track and field."

It is almost as if it is the beginning of a musical, a big, beautiful, happy musical production.

And, in so many ways, the life of Katie Jensen is just that — one joyous musical. She is 98-years-old and she is still in a wondrous love affair with this musical we call life.

Miss Katie, as she is lovingly known by track and field athletes from around the world who gather to compete and study at UTEP, will move down a different path after Tuesday.