Maybe you saw Anna Conn running in last week's Riverbend 10K. She was the 27-year-old woman with the artificial right leg who finished 19th among 136 women and fourth among the 31 who ran in her age group (25-29).
That's not 19th among 136 women with disabilities, by the way. That's 19th overall. Beyond that, she finished 97th overall among the 279 women and men and who completed the 10K.
No wonder her cardiologist father, Dr. Eric Conn, while justifiably proud over Anna's recent masters in Law and Diplomacy at Tufts, said of her race result, "I know how hard you worked to get your masters, but I might be just as proud of you for this."
And if that were the only reason to let out a cheer for the 2007 Girls Preparatory School grad on a week we all desperately need something to cheer in the wake of the Orlando terrorist massacre, Conn's race result might be enough.
But her life goals are far bigger than any athletic achievement. A University of Virginia grad who double-majored in Global Developmental Studies (a major she helped develop) and French, Conn's biggest ambition is to, "increase access to medical and health care in Africa."
Nor is that a distant dream. She has already worked in Uganda and Liberia - where the deadly Ebola virus has been particularly devastating - as well as Namibia.
"I started wanting to work in Africa when I was still at GPS," said Conn, who lost her right leg at birth. "They don't have much access to health care. Everyone knows about the problems with HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, but diabetes is also a problem. We need to continue to increase health systems for the poor."
But she also hopes her recent success in the Riverbend 10K and her hoped-for success in an August half-marathon can increase the participation of amputees - especially above-the-knee amputees - in all running events, but particularly distance running.
"There are so many moving parts to getting a running leg (blade)," she said. "When I got out of Virginia in 2011, it took me eight months to find someone to help fit one and then learn to run on it. I'd run for half a second and have to stop."
To make the process worse, most insurance companies, according to Conn, no longer cover running legs. With most blades running $20,000 or more, serious runners must usually apply for a grant through the Challenged Athletes Foundation.
Even then, the process is expensive unless you can find someone who'll fit the prosthetic for free, since the fitting can easily surpass $1,000.
That said, the CAF has been a godsend for disabled athletes. In 2015, the charity awarded more than $3.5 million in grant money to 1,709 applicants. Of those, prosthetics applicants made up 105, trailing only basketball chairs (175) and handcycles (146) in equipment requests.
Conn also singled out the Amputee Blade Runners, a Nashville-based non-profit.
"They're phenomenal," she said.
But while South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius - who has since been convicted of murdering his girlfriend - briefly brought much pride to disabled athletes everywhere by the double-amputee's efforts in the 400-meter run and the 4X400-meter relay in the 2012 Summer Games, there haven't been many phenomenal heroes for amputees wishing to run distance events.
"I'm a big fan of Sara Reinertsen," said Conn, referring to the 41-year-old American paratriathlete who once participated in the Amazing Race television show. "To see her complete an Ironman let me know I could do anything."
She's also begun to follow Muji Karim, a former football star at the University of New Hampshire who lost both his legs in a car wreck five years ago. Given an 11 percent chance to live, he's expected to compete at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
"He's run a six-minute mile," she said. "I just want to get to a 10-to-11-minute mile."
Some would say Conn's already proven she can do anything, given her four years of tennis at GPS under coach Sue Bartlett.
"I was once ranked as high as 14th (on the team) on a state title team," she said. "I played singles. I didn't want to depend on anybody else. Coach Bartlett was so inspirational. She and Billy (Bartlett) taught me to hit the ball where I wouldn't have to run so much."
Of late, GPS cross country coach Gina Wells has helped teach her how to run for as long as she wants, including her ultimate goal of becoming just the fifth woman amputee in history to finish a marathon (26.2 miles).
"She's been coaching me, totally pro bono," said Conn. "I couldn't have run that 10k without her."
Wells said, "Anna's being kind. I'd never had any exposure to someone running on a blade before I started working with her a couple of weeks ago. She's going to be great at this down the road. And her story is going to help inspire others."
In a family that includes a physics teacher (brother Eric) and an international human rights lawyer at the state department (sister Laura), Anna is far from the only inspirational sibling among the Conns' five accomplished children.
But she is the only one classified T42 as a disabled athlete, which means she's a single amputee above the knee.
"I want to raise expectation levels for kids with disabilities," she said. "No one ever asked me if I was going to college. That was expected. They wanted to know where I was going to college. I don't want a kid with a disability to just finish a race. I want them to try to win the race, or at least achieve a certain time in the race. I believe if you'll expect more, you'll get more."
A couple of years ago, while working in Washington, D.C., Conn was running beside the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool one morning when she spied a male runner in front of her.
"I made it my goal to pass him," she said. "I'm sure he never even knew I was there, and I had to work so hard, but I passed him. It was the first time I'd ever passed anybody. That might still be my happiest moment as a runner."
At least until she becomes the fifth woman amputee in history to complete a marathon.
Contact Mark Wiedmer at mwiedmer@timesfreepress.com.