Leadership

 

 
                                                                 Kayla Montgomery


     The person I choose as a leader is Kayla Montgomery.  She has a disease call Multiple Sclerosis that has the effect of not being bale to feel her leg when she is hot. When she runs, she can't feel her legs and she couldn't control how fast she was going. Kayla said that she would use her arms to tell how fast she was going in a race.

     Kayla is a Cross Country runner for North Carolina and made the state title. She is at a college called Lipscomb University  in Nashville, Tennessee. She want to continue running cross country in college. At the end of every race, her coach has to be there to catch her since she can't control her legs. She would say I need some ice to cool down her legs so she can feel them again.

     Kayla is a leader because she is an example that you can push through pain and make the best of your life even tough you have a disease. She leads other student to work hard to achieve their goals in life not matter what life throws at you.

    I want to be a leader like her because she is strong and pushes her teammates to work hard and run hard. I need to be more like that on the cross country team especially if we get new team members this year. I don't want the new members to think they can't be as good as the people that have been running four to five years. My mom told me that there is always a better player ( in my case a better runner ) than you. I want the new members to work hard to become the best runner they can be.