The adrenaline rush waiting for the official to shoot the gun to start a race began my freshman year of high school when I joined the track and field team. On the first day of practice, the sprinting coach thought I had gone to the wrong place; he redirected me where the distance team meets to practice. I thought I was in the right place since my goal was to become a sprinter. He thought this because the typical sprinter...

I declined other schools because of the amount of finacial...