Hitting her stride: Wheeler freshman Emma Hellwege keeps dropping time in 800 meters

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date April 21, 2019, 9 p.m.
Last Updated April 21, 2019, 9 p.m.
Original URL http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-ptb-spt-boys-girls-track-laporte-st-042219-story.html

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Forget high school — Wheeler freshman Emma Hellwege feared that she’d peaked in middle school. In sixth grade, Hellwege clocked in at 2 minutes, 28 seconds in the 800 meters. “I didn’t know what that time meant,” she said. “I knew it was fast, but I never knew people in high school were striving f...