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Mom who gave birth as college athlete competes in US Olympic track and field trials

Mikaila Martin via University of Houston

(NEW YORK) — When Mikaila Martin competes Thursday at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon, she will have her biggest fan rooting her on, her 3-year-old daughter Camryn.

Martin, 24, gave birth to Camryn when she was 21 and in the middle of a standout track and field career at the University of Houston.

“I was a junior in college when I gave birth and was on a scholarship for athletics,” Martin told ABC News’ Good Morning America. “A part of me was worried about it.”

Martin, already a record-setting hammer thrower for

 

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