Read the passage about a track meet. Tessie crouched down in the starting position. When she heard the crack of the starter’s pistol, she lunged forward and began to run.

Tessie’s best friends, Ava and Maria, were running beside her for a while, but Tessie soon pulled away. Tessie knew they wouldn’t mind because they didn’t care about track as much as she did. The runner she really had to worry about was a girl named Sonia on another team.

From which character’s point of view is the story told?
A. Ava's
B. Maria's
C. Sonia's
D. Tessie's