Twin runners anticipate competing at collegiate level

ADA, Okla.—Running track and cross-country takes grit, determination, endurance and perseverance-all characteristics of the Chickasaw people.

Two Chickasaw runners worked hard in high school to excel at the sport and now are racing to the next goal: college. Last spring, twins Jessie and Mallory Foster-Anderson signed letters of intent to run track and cross-country at Mid-America Christian University, Oklahoma City. Their scholarship offers are the result of seven years of hard work, competing in track and cross-country for Velma-Alma, Oklahoma, schools.

The sisters started competing in track...