Caitlyn Eddy is rarely at rest.
A senior midfielder for the Francis Howell Central girls soccer team, Eddy is a fitness fanatic. She uses a tracker to chase her goal of 10,000 steps in a day. After practice, if she didn't reach that number, she would go for a run. There were days Eddy would push through rugged conditioning drills and then stick around after practice for more. As she helped Howell Central to its first state semifinal and a Class 4 runner-up finish, Eddy would lead the Spartans through practice and then do workouts the coaches at Arkansas-Little Rock sent her for the offseason.
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