McCook Junior Olympian runs nationals

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McCook Junior High student Shayna Wilkinson (649) races to the finish line in Ames, Iowa, where she won a Junior Olympics Region 400-meter championship earlier this month. Wilkinson qualified for the Hershey Junior Olympics National Meet at Greensboro, N.C., where she competed last week. Wilkinson finished 27th in the age 13-14 400-meter dash, running a 1:00.73 which didn’t quite match her 1:00.27 that won the regional championship. She also placed 24th among the 800-meter national qualifiers. Wilkinson is a native of rural Culbertson.