Friday, September 23, 2005

There is no hint Evie de la Vega has just been through the most traumatic experience of her life.

Her glowing smile gives no indication she's less than a week removed from seeing her grandparents for the first time since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city of New Orleans. But those traits explain, more than any words can, why de la Vega, a 22-year-old senior, is captain of Stetson's women's cross country team.

Tony Jones of the Daytona Beach News Journal chronicled the harrowing experiences the de la Vega family went through during those days trapped in the New Orleans Superdome and how Evie herself found solace in running to keep fear and worry from conquering her thoughts.

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