A group of young girls, dressed in maroon T-shirts that looked more like dresses and red-and-white striped socks as tall as their legs, ran around the track on a soggy Thursday afternoon at Kernan Trail Elementary School. “Logan!” “Hannah G.!” “Samantha!” Each of the 29 girls excitedly yelled out her name and smiled with satisfaction as the volunteers added a tally next to her name on a board. “I gotcha!” the coach would yell back as the girls darted off. One lap down, 27 more to go. read more