Fort Recovery senior Mara Pearson, seated second from right, will attend Marshall University and compete on the Thundering Herd's track and field team. Seated with Mara are, from left, Push Athletics club coach Dakei Patterson, Fort Recovery head track coach Christy Diller and Fort Recovery jump and sprints coach Charlie Vasey. Standing from left are Mara's brother Clayton Pearson, sister Brooke Gaerke, brother Ross Pearson, mother Beth Pearson and father Steve Pearson. Photo courtesy of Fort Recovery High School.
In her first three trips to state in the long jump, Mara Pearson has moved up steadily in the standings.
Before the Fort Recovery senior heads to NCAA Division I Marshall University next season to compete in track and field, Pearson is hoping to take one more step. [
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