A University of Tennessee's star athlete competed in the United States Pan-American Meet in July, 2005, and won.
The all-star track runner Sarah Bowman competed in the 1,500- meter race, and won by more than five seconds, beating a dozen girls from six countries, one being from the United States. Only two runners from each nation competed for the title. The other American who competed was Erin Bedell, Sarah's friend who ran with her in high school. The two seniors finished in first and second place, giving Bowman the title to compete in the Pan-American Meet held in Canada.
Running in Canada was the first time Sarah has ever ran a race without her family being there to support her. However, it was not the first time she has ever competed in a major race for a title. "I competed in Italy the year before, so when I competed in Canada, I was a little better off than the other girls as far as the nerves go," Bowman said. "Although my parents' weren't there to see me run in Canada, it was kind of a good thing for me because I was going off to college anyway in the fall. I just feel it made me a more well rounded person as a whole."
Winning the U.S. Pan-American title added a little more fuel to Bowman's fire and ambition to continue running. "It was really cool to be able to represent the United States and wear the colors of our nation," she said. "I want to take running as far as it goes, and I only take it one day at a time, so only God knows how far I'll go with it."
Questions
1. When did you compete for the meet in Canada?
2. When were you notified that you were competing?
3. How did you qualify for it?
4. Have you ever been to Canada before? If not, how was the experience?
5. Who/ how many people did you compete against to win the title?
6. How many people were from the United States that competed?
7. What type of experience did you get from going to Canada and winning the title?
8. Is running something that you want to do as a career, or as a long term deal in your future?
9. What event did you compete in??
10.What was your time?
11.I won by over 5 seconds
12.What made you come to UT to run?
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2 comments:
The lead was good, however, I would say just in July of 2005 instead of last July because some readers could be confused thinking at first it was in 2006.
I think it should be meter race.
I would consider making the first sentence of your second paragraph shorter or into two sentences.
In the last quote in the second paragraph the word thing is used twice.
You had a lot of great quotes that added to the story.
The second paragraph was a little confusing. Was that race different than the race in Canada or was it the same one? That’s the only part that confused me, everything else made sense.
Interesting story on Sarah. Watch AP style errors. Specifically, remember to use only last names after first reference. Also, one of the direct quotes is very lengthy. Maybe paraphrase part of it.
Keep up the good writing!
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