Olympic gold medalist from Wayland celebrated

“TMS DAY” Plainview mayor Charles Starnes (left) presents Olympic gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock with a copy of a proclamation declaring Feb. 7, 2022 as Tamyra Mensah-Stock Day in the city. | WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY / CHRISTINA LONGORIA
“TMS DAY” Plainview mayor Charles Starnes (left) presents Olympic gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock with a copy of a proclamation declaring Feb. 7, 2022 as Tamyra Mensah-Stock Day in the city. | WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY / CHRISTINA LONGORIA

Admittedly being someone who cries easily, Olympic gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock wasn’t ready for what she walked into when she stopped by Plainview’s City Hall on Monday morning.

“I just stopped in to say hi,” she said, tears rolling down her cheeks.

Plainview Mayor Charles Starnes, who taught Stock in her college business courses at Wayland Baptist University, had invited the Olympian to stop …