Running fast had always come naturally to Anna Schinstock until two years ago when suddenly it did not.

“She would work her butt off in practice and her motions and strides were there,” Bishop Carroll cross country coach Ran Nielsen said, “there just wasn’t any strength to them.”

Schinstock fell off Carroll’s varsity lineup and plummeted to its No. 14 runner, meaning to go to the state meet she had to go as a team manager. She yearned for an explanation why her body had betrayed her.

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