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MONTGOMERY, VT - MARCH 15: Elinor Purrier, who recently won the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the women's mile run, lets Quincy, one of the dairy cows, grab a quick snack at the Purrier Dairy Farm in Montgomery, VT on March 15, 2018. Purrier grew up milking 30 dairy cows each morning at 5:30, before showering and heading to school. She started running in eighth grade. After school, Purrier would run the mile and a half from tiny Richford High School, touch the bottom of Canada, and then run back. Shed run through picturesque Montgomery, the covered-bridge capital of Vermont, and sometimes attack the steep 6-mile mountain road up to Jay Peak. Through hard work, talent, and toughness, she became a 10-time All-American at UNH, competing in the mile, 3,000-meter steeplechase (outdoors), and cross-country. (Photo by Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)