El Paso track star represents USA in world competition

of her life. hanks high school graduate kendra chambers is competing in the world indoor championship this weekend — representing the u- s-a! and — she’s also looking to represent the u-s in brazil this summer: 1.27 i’m very excited. it kind of hasn’t hit me yet that i made my first team and am representing the usa at a world championship meet. 1.35 kendra chambers is running the relay with team usa in the world indoor championship. 48 team usa — we’re projected to win which is great news, but you’ve got to get the job done and bring home the gold. 53 chambers knows how to get it done — she brought home the gold as a hanks knight in the state tournament. 2.34 “it’s just staying focused and believing in yourself, that’s the biggest thing — believing you can do it. trusting my training, trusting my coach. all of those things come into play, especially when you’re going into a world championship meet.” 2.44 once she crosses the finish line — chambers turns her sights to qualifying for a spot on the team representing america in the rio olympics. i’ve kind of accomplished everything that i want to do and have finally made my first team and i hope that it’s my first of many teams to come. 1.53 if you want to watch chambers and team u-s-a compete in the world indoor championship — it’ll be live streamed online. chambers said she competes on saturday. we posted a link to the website on kvia.com — you can find it by clicking on this story. a