Yazmine Wright visited Wichita State teammate Danielle Rinn in Boulder, Colo., last summer. They talked about cross country on their runs. They talked about their workouts and Wright's excitement for her senior season.
Those runs gave Rinn a preview of what was to come from Wright, one of the favorites in Friday's American Athletic Conference Championship in Lakeland, Fla.
"She seemed really stoked about the season," Rinn said. "It seemed different. She had that extra edge."
Wright is running with an edge this fall. She won the three meets she finished and sent up a flare when she defeated Missouri senior Sarah Chapman, who finished third in the 2020 SEC meet, on her home course in early October.