Spruce Creek senior Tori Ehrhardt signed in March to run for the University of Tampa.
Tori Ehrhardt's senior season came down to roughly 17 seconds.
The Spruce Creek senior, who signed in March to run for the University of Tampa, was told that if she could get her time in the mile below 5 minutes, 20 seconds, more scholarship money would be made available for her.
At first, it was a daunting task for this year's News-Journal's Girls Track Athlete of the Year because she had never competed in the mile.
But Ehrhardt has been running all her life.