But throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, a school shutdown and a delayed start to her 2020 cross country season, Wells never got off track in her training.
And the miles she logged and effort she put into workouts over more than half a year showed last week. Wells clocked a career-best cross country time of 17 minutes, 6.62 seconds for 5,000 meters to blow away the competition on her home course at the Winter Springs Invitational.
“Obviously I haven’t gotten to race in a long time. I really just wanted to come out there and show everyone how hard I’ve been working,” Wells said after a practice this week.