Going into the District 5 and 6-3A area meet a month ago, Llano High School track and field head coach Ryan Priem sent the same note to his athletes – play to win.
Those words helped propel several of them, including senior triple jumper Ciara Hays, to places they'd only dream of.
One was Mike Myers Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin for the Class 3A State Championships May 1.
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