Ashton Wins!
We’ve known for some time that Fairport’s students are among the smartest and brightest in New York. We’ve also known that Fairport has some of the finest Track & Field coaches in Western NY. So…it should follow that with the best school and the best coaching staff, we’d produce some of the smartest and best athletes, right? Absolutely!
Every one of us hopes to win every event or race we enter. However, there’s usually someone, somewhere that can possibly run, jump, or throw farther than another. But it’s not always the fastest or strongest athlete that wins, and in many cases, it’s the smarter athlete that crosses the line first. For example, the results below from today’s track meet at RIT is a perfect example of one of Fairport’s brightest and smartest winning an event. Today, a mistake was made by a track official (don’t be too hard on the officials, we make mistakes too ya know) who rang the final bell a lap too early. You see, a 1,500 meter race run indoors is 7.5 laps. A few athletes who relied on the lap counter at the finish line ended their race one lap short.
Ashton is one of those athletes who doesn’t rely on others to control the outcome of her races; she counts her own laps…and for good reason, so when the other runners ended the race a wee bit too early, she kept going, and going, and going. Ignoring the bell, ignoring the confused looks from her cheering teammates about why she kept on running when others were stopping, and sticking to her own strategy for winning, Ashton ran the fastest 1,500 race of her life. Yes, she set a personal record today.
The final lap? It was just victory lap. And that’s why she’s at the top!
