COLUMBIA — The closest 13-year-old Willa Wang had come to a meet like the Missouri Grand Prix was when she participated as a timer at a meet last year. But on Friday, Wang found herself winning her heat of the 200-meter butterfly.
From junior high to the national spotlight
Seventh-grader Willa Wang competes against big-time competition
Friday, February 15, 2008 | 10:26 p.m. CST;
updated 6:00 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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