Roseau Times-Region - Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper

by Nikki Alaras, College English 12, Mrs. Didrikson

"Every meet and every race is another chance to break the record."This is what ran through my mind as I left the school to ride the bus for "Windy Warren" where every race is not the same. Each race has it's own technique and it's distances, but they all give everyone an anxious and dreadful feeling. For me it is different, because my race, the 100-meter hurdles, goes beyond my fear and the struggle. This burning passion to beat the school record of 15.68 seconds courses through my veins as I arrive at every meet. I tell myself two more...