Allie SharpAllie Sharp faced some bad news last year. The 17-year-old suffered a stress fracture in her shin that kept her from running track.
The good news? The Baylor junior focused on cycling instead and in November took home the winning title in the girls’ junior division of the Tennessee High School Mountain Bike State Championships.
The only girl from Chattanooga to compete in the championship, held at St. Andrews Sewanee School in Sewanee, Tennessee, she was also the first girl to finish the race with a time of 1:14:04.
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Name: Allie SharpSchool: BaylorGrade: JuniorFavorite mountain biking location: Raccoon MountainWhy she loves the sport: “I always feel good after I go on a bike ride, and it’s nice to have races to look forward to and goals to set.”What’s next: Christmas break and hopefully some local cycling races down the road
“She was the fastest girl hands down. I was not surprised. I was really, really happy and really, really proud of her, but I wasn’t surprised she won because I knew she had it in her,” says Sharp’s long-distance coach Kim Fasczewski. “She was nervous going into it because it was important to her, but when it came down to it on race day she put everything together.”