This past February a former Missouri State Bear was doing something many will never do in their life, attempting to qualify for the Olympics. Jessi Allen, former MSU runner and current University of Kansas medical student, nearly reached one of the world’s biggest stages in athletics, and did so with a nagging injury. Although it looked unlikely for Allen to qualify, she wasn’t allowing an injury to hold her back from a once in a lifetime experience.
“Unfortunately it took a lot longer to heal than expected, so going into the trials the most I had run was two miles just to test out my leg,” Allen said.