Ariana Washington’s legs are long, muscular, and powerfully built. They’ve carried the 17-year-old Long Beach Poly senior a long way in a short amount of time, and this weekend in Clovis at the CIF State track meet, they may carry her into the history books.

Her younger brother Gabe is 9 years old, and his legs are the subjects of conversation too. They’ve been operated on, they’ve been fitted with serial casts to help straighten them as they grow, and they’ve been strapped into braces to help him stand for long periods of time.