Paul DeCoursey
During the NCAA recruiting process, runners typically discuss things like training expectations, academic majors, and team dynamics with a prospective college coach. But Rosalie Fish, who currently runs for Iowa Central Community College, was looking for a different kind of support; the Cowlitz Tribal member wanted to know if she could count on her coach to be an ally.
Since her senior year of high school, the 20-year-old from Auburn, Washington, has dedicated her championship performances to missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) a crisis in which Indigenous women on some reservations are murdered at a rate more than 10 times the national average,
Only two of the top-10 teams remained in place between Week 4 and Week 5 as a number of changes happened following various conference and regional championships meets.
Cloud County CC bolstered its position atop the National Rating Index with some big efforts at the Region VI Championships this past weekend. None were larger than what
Mercy Ntia-Obong did in the 60, as she clocked a time of 7.31 in the prelims to become the No. 2 performer in NJCAA history in that event (Ntia-Obong later won both the 60 and 200).
Pamela Milano also gave the T-Birds a boost by cementing her spot atop the leaderboard in the 600 (1:32.82).