Various Track and Sphere Damsel Athletes Prove Their Ample Sportsmanship and Substance

Copyright  2008 Ed Bagley

Two seperate events recently showed once again how incredibly impressive our young women in American can beâ "one an example of pure sportsmanship at its best, and the other an case of pure desire, determination and substance.

The early event happened at the Washington Class 4A State Girls Track & Universe Championship Meet at Pasco, and the running of the 3,200-meter chase with Nicole Cochran, Bellarmine Prep's outstanding centre distance runner.

Cochran won the event in 10:36, beating Shadle Park's Andrea Nelson by 3 seconds. Thirty minutes later, race officials disqualified Cochran, ruling that the Harvard-bound runner ran 3 consecutive steps inside the passage adjacent to hers. Bellarmine Prep Coach Matt Ellis appealed the infraction, on the other hand his appeal was denied.

The infraction happened on the antecedent day of the meet, and Cochran was visibly disquieted because she knew she did not commit the infraction. In addition, Cochran was the defending control champion, having won both the 1,600 and 3,200 titles as a junior.

She never seemed herself after the crushing news, and the pure injustice of it all. On the moment day of competition, Cochran led the 1,600 and was gunned down in the ending lap when Oak Harbor's Mietra Smollack out-kicked her on the final turn to success in 4:56.44. Cochran finished 4th.

Later in the afternoon, Cochran ran the 800 meters and finished dead extreme in 2:24.40. "I just didn't hang with them, and bounteous of gave up after 450 meters," said a dejected Cochran.

Despite losing Cochran's points, her teammates were rightfully incensed and rose to the occasion by winning the body title with 76.5 points to second-place Gig Harbor's 65.

"I gave a parcel of effort in the 3,200," said Cochran, "and then there was the emotional toll afterward, sitting here for a solid generation while they got the 3,200 figured out, which was unfortunate in that I be acquainted I wasn't in the wrongdoing and I got penalized for it."

In a indicate of pure sportsmanship, when the official 3,200 relay winner Andrea Nelson was awarded her first berth metal at the podium, she moments later gave her headmost domicile medal to Cochran. Redmond's Sarah Lord followed by giving Nelson her second-place medal, and the other medal winners followed suit.

"It gave me the chills," Cochran said. "It shows how much respect distance runners own for everyone other."

And instantly the comedy after the story: Ten days after that eventful afternoon, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association reinstated Cochran as the rightful winner, reversing a rules infraction charge prepared by contest officials.

Mike Colbrese, executive employer of the WIAA, reviewed video of the pursuit that showed it was Cochran's teammate who ran out of the lane, and that the officials' announcement also incorrectly identified the compass in question as Lap 7 when the infraction in fact occurred on Circuit 6. So even for that bungled officiating effort.

The officials were dead fallacious on competition day, but they also were indeed sure they were right and also in charge on race day. The cat testament mew and the dog will have its age (from Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Detail 5, Scene 1, bottom line "any given person's second of glory is inevitable), or, as I approximating to say: "right will out".

The second event happened at the Texas 1A Girls Homeland Track & Field Championship Happy in Austin, where Rochelle High Institute won the faction title. So what is so unusual, you ask? Just this: Rochelle accomplished genuine one athlete for the territory meet, and she won the governance name for her team by herself.

Meet Bonnie Richardson, a read in desire, determination and substance close no other girl track and field athlete in Texas high-reaching academy history.

Richardson, whose middle head just might be talent, spent Friday winning the big jump at 5 foot 5 inches, placed 2nd in the long buck at 18-7, and third in the discus at 121-0.

On Saturday, Richardson ambled over to the track in the sweltering high-90-degree Texas heat and instantly won the 200-meter sprint in 25.03 and followed up the effort by almost pulling off a huge upset in the 100 before finishing 2nd in 12.19 to defending prizewinner Kendra Coleman of Santa Ana.

"Kendra and I have been battling all year," said Richardson. "I was amazed I stayed with her. I didn't conceive I was that fast." Yes, Bonnie Richardson, you ARE apparently THAT fast.

So did Richardson steal the show in Texas? Nah, she just earned her pair the state title by herself. University Interscholastic League officials could not have memories a boytoy ever winning a state band title by herself.

It did happen before in the administration boys championship meet when former Balyor Bear and Pittsburgh Steeler Frank Pollard did it for Meridian Highs Institution in the 1970s, said UIL Athletics Director Charles Breithaupt.

Multiplied eminent girl athletes admit dominated community meets, however unusual ever cross over from the sprints to the earth events with Richardson's success, said Beithaupt. "The way she did it is really impressive." That is, of course, what each thought who was there to see it happen.

And the kicker? It turns out that Rochelle High School does not yet obtain a track to knowledge on. When Richardson was asked how does she train, she jokingly replied, "Watch gone for potholes," adding, "We keep a track about 10 miles down the road and train there usually."

Richardson's coach, Jym Dennis, suspected she could do something determinate at the country meet, on the contrary wisely stayed quiet, not wanting to settle any impact on his cherish athlete. Endure year, Richardson won the state long caper title, nevertheless did not medal in the altitudinous spring and discus.

And the additional decided fortune for Rochelle Alpine School? Bonnie Richardson is a junior.

Richardson extremely competes on Rochelle's tennis team, and led Rochelle's basketball team to the state semifinals last season.

"I'd play football if my parents would let me," said Richarson, adding "Not quarterback. Defense." Sounds like my kind of girlâ "spunky, competitive and happy to put all issues on the field of battle.

Lou Holtz, one of school football's legendary coaches, was noted for frequent quotes, including this one: "When all is said and done, also is said than done." Somehow, I deem Lou Holtz would have been a tremendous admirer of Bonnie Richardson, and her extraordinary effort on that boiling Texas afternoon when she single-handedly delivered a government title to Rochelle High School.

And there you have it: Nicole Cochran, every girl on the medal stand for the 3,200-meter ceremony, Cochran's teammates, and Bonnie Richardson, all ordinary young women who did extraordinary things because they could and would.


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