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THE GRIND: Forsyth Central's McKinnon taking her training to the next level
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Forsyth Central junior Bonnie McKinnon has loved cross country since she first competed in middle school. “It’s something to push yourself with,” McKinnon said. - photo by Micah Green
It was the last lap, the one that would determine which Forsyth Central boys cross country runners qualified for the team’s trip to the Disney Cross Country Classic in Orlando in October, and the first Bulldogs runners were coming around the final turn toward the finish line. Central head coach Shannon Hays billed this time trial as the culmination of a summer’s worth of 6:30 a.m. practices, five days a week. "I don’t think any team in the state has worked as hard as you this summer," she told them before the start.