Emily Bean is a junior at Assumption High School in Louisville. She was the Class AAA 3200m State Champion in May at the Kentucky State Track Meet where she helped guide her team to the Class AAA Team Title as well. Last fall, she helped Assumption to a team win at the Kentucky State Cross Country Meet finishing 7th overall. The team then went on to qualify for Nike Cross Nationals in Oregon.
KY: Looking back on 2011-2012, can you describe the whole year in under 10 words.
EB: New experiences and coming to know our ability.
KY: 3 Goals for XC
EB: 1. Individually, I want to break 18 minutes in the 5k.
2. Our team goal is to qualify for Nike Cross Nationals again and hope for a better place, maybe in the top ten.
3. We would also like to win the team state title for the third year in a row, hopefully with an individual state title too.
KY: How will winning the 3200m at state help you going into this XC season?
EB: Winning the 3200m at st...
