Overcoming barriers, Frontier's Lillie Bogdan back on track for national championships

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lillie Bogdan has long been one of the lead runners in New York, a multiple-time sectional champion and state titleholder in track and cross country. Yet this past winter, Bogdan could barely get out of bed, and returned to racing slower than she had been since taking up the sport in middle school.

Weakened by a case of mononucleosis, the Frontier Central High School senior kept belief that she could return to championship form. But it was a long road back. Now on graduation weekend...