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  The Times Athlete of the Week. Ottawa boys cross country Atlas Brown
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  This article is being read by an automated voice, brought to you
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  by Everlet. Winning 76.4 of votes cast in an online poll,
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  Ottawa Boys cross-country runner Atlas Brown is the Times Athlete of the
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  Week, sponsored by SoQ and Grassers Plumbing and Heating Inc. Brown, a
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  junior who claimed the individual championship of the LaSalle country, Invitational, running
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  the Eastwood course in 1558.5 and leading Ottawa to the team title,
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  won on a ballot that also included runner-up Talia Jenkins, Seneca Girls
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  Cross Country, Piper Seneca Girls Golf, and Cartersenko, Field Crest Boys Golf.
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  Weekly ballots go online Mondays and are accessible via Facebook, The Times
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  Sports and Twitter at PedalTe, with voting going through midday Wednesday. Here
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  is a QA with this week's winner. How old were you when
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  you started distance running and that got you into the sport? Brown:
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  I was 11 years old when I started running cross-country. You mentioned
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  right after winning the LaSalle County Invitational that it was an event
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  you were really looking forward to What makes it special? Brown, I
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  was looking forward to this race because I always run a fast
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  time at the meet. A question I feel a lot of people
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  wonder, what goes through your mind the 15 to 20 minutes you
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  are out there on the course? Brown When I am racing, I
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  think to myself What
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  I would quit at many times?
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  And nobody would blame me. What are a few of
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  your favorite courses you've had the chance to run on over the
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  years? Brown, I loved racing at Detweiler, Park in Peoria, Seneca, and
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  NIU my freshman year. What movie would you say you've seen more
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  than any other? About how many times? Brown, the movie that I
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  have watched the most is K-pop Demon Hunters and I've watched it
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  twenty-seven times. Which of your teammates cracks you up the most? Brown
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  Guy Runyon cracks me up the most. If you could see any
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  musical artist in any venue, all expenses paid, who would you see
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  and where? Brown, Taylor Swift at Soldier Field in Chicago. You and
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  your teammates are going out for dinner to celebrate a big win.
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  Where are you going and what are you ordering? Brown Cracker Barrel
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  and I am getting a cheeseburger. Seasonal question. What was you favorite
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  Halloween costume you've ever worn? Brown, my favorite Halloween costume I've ever
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  worn was when I was a princess. What goals do you have
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  for yourself and the team as they postseason approaches? Brown: for myself
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  I want to make state, and for the team I want to
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  get the time between our 15 runners down to 115. Is there
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  something about you that people who only know you through sports might
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  find surprising? Brown, I have made Il Mia Illinois Music Education Association
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  for band for multiple years. Do you have any plans yet for
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  life after high school? Do they involve sports? Brown. I want to
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  go to college and continue to run.