From the podium to St. Jude: Greenwood athlete keeps fighting

  • Greenwood state track athlete Tristan Wilson takes a picture with Brien Burchett and Ryan Cox with his newly earned 2025 State Bronze Medal.
    Greenwood state track athlete Tristan Wilson takes a picture with Brien Burchett and Ryan Cox with his newly earned 2025 State Bronze Medal.
  • From the podium to St. Jude: Greenwood athlete keeps fighting
    From the podium to St. Jude: Greenwood athlete keeps fighting

    Tristan Wilson will be a junior at Greenwood High School this fall. By the time he stepped into the throwing chair at the UIL State Track & Field Meet this past May, he had already endured more than most people could imagine: recurring bone cancer, four major surgeries and countless rounds of chemotherapy.

    His most recent surgery, which removed a rib and parts of two others, took place less tha…