St. Cloud wheelchair athlete races at state track

St. Cloud wheelchair athlete races at state track

ST. MICHAEL — Once LiYun Nelson is convinced she can do something, she puts her heart and soul into it. Nelson, who just finished up her sophomore year at Tech High School, was born with spina bifida, a neural tube defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord don't form properly in the womb. The neural tube is the structure in a developing embryo that later becomes the baby's brain and spinal cord and the tissues that enclose them. Typicall…