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By Sly Fox
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This is a story worth taking the time to read ...
Culpeper (VA) Star Exponent wrote:In the fast Layne

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Mehonia "Meme" Layne gets choked up while thanking her parents Steve (left) and Michelle Layne for their support. At the far right is Eastern View track coach Damien King. Layne on Wednesday signed a scholarship to run track at Liberty, but found out a week earlier she would need heart surgery.

By JEFF SAY
Published: May 01, 2011


Meyhonia Layne has had an emotional week.

In the span of seven days, the Eastern View High School senior track and field star — who goes by the nickname “Meme” — signed a scholarship to run at Liberty University, celebrated her 18th birthday and endured the shock of a lifetime.

She needs heart surgery.

While her legs have gained her notoriety in the track and field world, it’s her heart that has been her strongest muscle.

Her heart is what stood out to her adoptive parents, Michelle and Steve Layne, when they met Meme seven years ago at a foster home in Oklahoma.
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By PAmedic
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wow. seems like a great kid.

good family too.

best of luck to her with the surgery (today?) and in her career here.
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