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OAK RIDGE, Mo. (AP) — Having cerebral palsy doesn't mean Alexis Johnson is the only cross country runner that falls during a race. It just makes it more likely to occur. So much so that as a seventh-grader at Oak Ridge competing for the first time, Johnson fell in all five races, the Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/2ffNKbZ ) reported. At a meet hosted by Kelly on a flat course in Benton, Missouri, she tripped twice over a tree branch. She kept getting back up and finishing the race, but it was discouraging at times. "There was a time w...
