WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Our first stop on the Rising Star Roadtrip takes us to Ellsworth, where Kate Rathbun is making history for the Bearcats – on one leg.

Kate Rathbun, a senior at Ellsworth High School, faces more challenges than the average cross country runner, but that’s all she has ever known. Still, it hasn’t slowed her down.

“I know a lot of people have never seen that before,” Kate explained.

Kate has congenital limb loss; she was born without bones in her left foot and has grown up as an amputee.

“It’s not genetic, and there’s not really a reason behind it – it just happened. They knew before I was born that I was missing part of my foot,” she said.

Just four years ago, a local nonprofit organization gifted Kate a new running blade, allowing her to continue her passion for

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