In February, a buddy got got James Ndayishimiye to try out for Lafayette’s track-and-field team. He’d never competed as a runner before.
Now the senior is a cross country state champion. Sports!
Might be easier to root for James Ndayishimiye than any athlete in the state. Congolese refugee whose dad died as family fled to Uganda. Single mother got him and seven siblings to the U.S. Had never ran competitively until February. Multiple college scholarship offers now.