How Aasia Laurencin has fought adversity throughout her career

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How Aasia Laurencin has fought adversity throughout her career

When Aasia Laurencin was in seventh grade, her P.E. teacher noticed her speed during a PACER test and encouraged her to join the track team. With nothing to lose, she decided to heed his advice and then some. Laurencin went on to break four school records in her first year of track — a performance she would repeat the following year. From there, Laurencin “caught a bug,” as her father Omar put it, and took advantage of every chance she got to ru…