YAKIMA — The heat bearing down on the Zaepfel Stadium track made Alexis Leone feel like her feet were on fire.
The elements presented a challenge for the Seton Catholic junior as she ran her final race of the Class 1A state track and field championships, the girls 3,200 meters, but was nothing more than a minor detail in Leone’s latest feat.
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