Adriunna Brown, steps up to the line at the SLU Invite.
A row of hurdles stretches around the track and gleans in the sunlight.
The athlete now smiling and laughing describes her relationship with the hurdles as one of love and hate.
“What I’m thinking about is don’t be scared of the pain. I keep a bracelet on my left wrist which says don’t give up. Before every race I kiss it and I pray,” Brown, junior from Macon, Georgia, said.
The gun is fired and the runners take off around the track at SLU.