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Mustang High School senior Noah Thayer is a top cross country runner aiming to defend his state title.
Last year, he set a state meet record by completing the 5-kilometer run in 15 minutes, 6.89 seconds.
Thayer was motivated by his older sister, Jordan, who battled and overcame Stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma.
Noah Thayer spent a lot of time by himself in his early high school days at Mustang .
With his older sister, Jordan , battling Hodgkin lymphoma in Houston, Thayer’s parents often needed to be there with her.
An up-and-coming cross country runner with lots of potential, the circumstances weren’t ideal for Thayer.
He thought about his sister, whose cancer had reached Stage 4.
He was also inspired.
“I kind of had to figure a lot of stuff out on my own a little