Dumas freshman Emily Gross stuns in 3200-meter race winning gold during opening day of UIL state track and field meet

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Emily Gross of Dumas won the 3200-meter race during the UIL Class 4A state track and field meet Thursday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. [Joe Garcia III/ Press Pass Sports]

AUSTIN – Emily Gross didn’t peek her head in the door and announce herself to the Texas High School State Track and Field meet world Thursday morning.

The diminutive Dumas freshman kicked the door down with a noise you could hear all the way back to the Texas Panhandle.

Gross, all 5-foot-2 and 97 pounds of her, stunned the 3200-meter field winning the gold medal as the wild card entry – meaning she finished third at regionals – using an impressive 250-meter final sprint to blow by the competition at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

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