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Beverly Kearney Shares Stories of Inspiration, Overcoming Obstacles

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Lawton, OK – Texas women's head track and field coach Beverly Kearney recently spoke to citizens, students and athletes at Cameron University Theater in Lawton as part of the university's Centennial Celebration. Not only has Kearney has won seven national championships over her career, she has faced the challenges off the track of losing her mother and becoming homeless at 17, to surviving an auto accident and being able to walk again after being told she coudn't. KCCU's David Meyer has more.