For the past four years, Taylor Needham has spent the better part of her life with Carlea Holt, whether it be on the Cheney track and field team, at school, or just hanging out on the weekend.

They had trained together, cried together, won together, and they promised to each other to leave high school as champions. Together.

So when the migraines that have plagued Needham her entire life decided to return before the final race of her high school career on Saturday at Cessna Stadium, there was no way Needham wasn’t running, even if she passed out doing it.

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