While the Melcher-Dallas Cross Country Squad is now just a one runner show, the support system for freshman Hailey Stegman is still solid. Addi Wadle suffered a hip injury and is unable to run for the remainder of the season. While her season is over she tells KNIA Sports that her support for Stegman and seeing her progress gives her just as much satisfaction as finishing well in her race.

Wadle: “I’m just incredibly proud of how Hailey has come this year, and watching her in middle school and just seeing how far she’s come and I just want to give her as much support as possible.”

Stegman will run at Chariton today with the girls race getting underway at around five.