Paramount among the goals of the Girls On the Run program is increasing school-age girls' self-esteem, to the point that they'll aspire to make it to college. From there, who knows? They might attend a prestigious university, like Georgia Tech, and even represent one of its athletic teams.

Hayley Keadey heard that growing up.

An Atlanta native who began running at age seven and ran in a Girls On the Run race while in elementary school, Keadey is completing her first season with the Yellow Jackets track team, having also run cross country during the fall.