Once a Mountie: Brenae Edwards King ‘13

There were 12 and a half laps remaining when Brenae Edwards looked toward Mike Rohl and asked him a question without saying a word. It was May 2013 in Pueblo, Colorado, at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The final meet of her Mansfield career. Twenty-five laps would decide the national championship in the 10,000 meters, and halfway through, nobody seemed particularly interested in deciding anything. The pace was crawling. Edwards and Mansfield teammate Jess Scordino had expected some caution. Pueblo sits more than 4,600 feet above sea level, and a field filled with runners accustomed to…