A RUNNER IN the Dallas marathon showed tremendous sportsmanship over the weekend to help a struggling race leader get to the finish line and win.
17-year-old Ariana Luterman — a high school student — was finishing the anchor leg of the girls’ relay in the Dalas marathon on Sunday, when she came upon the women’s race leader Dr Chandler Self on the final stretch.
Self was struggling over the final yards and her legs were buckling due to exhaustion.
Luterman first came alongside Self with two miles to go in the race, and encouraged her to keep going.
The pair finished the race together arm-in-arm to allow Self to claim the victory in an unofficial time of 2:53:58.
Self walked the last few steps, such was the extent of the fatigue, and slapped down the tape at the finish line.
Speaking to Dallas News, Self said:
“I’m not really sure what happened. My legs started turning to Jell-O at Mile 24 … Then at Mile 25.5, they turned to Jell-O so much that every step I took, they were giving out from under me.”
The New York City psychiatrist’s family later credited the high school student with the win.
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“My only concern would be from a health and safety point of view that if he meets it from the 14, I don’t what’s going to happen him if it hits him in the neck.”…That could be said about any shot ever taken for a goal in hurling, in that the goalie might be hit, its one of the risks of goalkeeping. As for the lifting alright the distance Nash gets is a bit much, but Davy himself used to do it, not to the extent but he did lift it beyond the place of the free, and I never heard him complain about Joe Canning doing it for LIT when he coached them
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No Brian, this is bigger than Davy. He may be playing mind games , prior to the replay , but he had hit on an issue the GAA must address . In the modern game, with the new ball and the physique and technique of the penalty takers, the ball flies at a savage speed, and someone will get badly hurt , maybe loose Abe eye or worse. I don’t know how they will solve it but here’s my ten cents worth . How about a football type penalty, a free taken from a penalty spot, say 30m out, just one man in goal, and the penalty taker, it would be safer, and I think , just as exciting for the crowd . Shur weren’t we always at it as kids, and believe me they won’t always be scored.
It’s only become bigger than Davy (which wouldn’t be hard) since he made a big deal of it! He’s dragged down an unbelievably talented bunch of Clare hurlers into the bitter doldrums than exuding their uninhibited hurling talents!
While Davy is right on this issue insofar as saying that striking the ball from the 14 yard line isn’t really right (disregard the safety argument) he is now, ultimately, the boy who cried Wolf. He has huffed and puffed so much and alienated everyone to such an extent that he is not seen as a reliable critic. Even when he’s raising an point that has validity no one will give him much heed. Personally I feel that a 21 should be hit from that area but Nash like other great players has made the best of a grey area. However I feel that if Nash goes down that road carrying the ball that far then the goalie should be allowed to do something equal. The rule now unfairly favours the striker. Just my two cents.
Methinks ole Davy should be more worried about his pool of “little fish” as he calls them himself.Poor Davy the whole worlds against him
I knew when I read the comments there would be the usual anti Davy comments. He was asked questions about issues and answered you lot are obsessed with him, sad enough really
Same stupid old comments. Its a genuine issue regardless of fish.
Ya like Alex Ferguson last year with the whole van Persie ‘He could have been killed’ theory???!!!
I bet the fact that cork are even allowed to score goals is a problem for him. Cork being allowed have 15 players? another issue thats wrong with the game…if you ask davy cork shouldnt be allowed play with hurleys…
Listening to Davy is a health and safety concern too!!!
New Amendment by Central Council/Annual Congress, Section 4 Sub Section 6 No Lashies in front of Goal.
Methinks Davy should be more concentrated on his pool of “little fish” as he calls them.Poor ole Davy, the whole worlds against him
no fear of hitting the clare goalie in neck shur he will be out on the 20 himself
But he’s right, it does need to be addressed. Everybody was complaining about the sideline ball a few years ago, in football & hurling, when it was been taken from 3 yards on the pitch and not on the line. Even the goalies were being pulled up on for leaving the small square when taking a puck out. And everybody was happy when the rules were enforced. By the time the ball is struck in a free/pen/45/65, the players have gone 3-4 foot ahead of where they picked it up. Why is the placing of the ball on the ground more important of a sideline cut than a penalty ?
Ya right you have the cork goalie running the full length of the pitch nearly and Clare players can’t touch him come of it of course he is going to get tackled what are they moaning about cork saying it was dangerous play on Nash lets change the rules for cork and let Nash have the freedom of the pitch and no player can touch him LOL!
Eh? This is him being jostled on the way to take the free. The ball is dead. What business do the Clare players have to hit him when the ball is dead and not in play? It is the bane of the GAA. It’s not intimidatory. Pathetic.
I’ll tell you what’s pathetic, pathetic is a player striking another player in the head with his hurley. Ye Cork fans make me laugh. Ye are all so disgusted & appalled that some of the Clare players tried to shoulder Nash but conveniently forget to mention Shane O’Neill assaulting Darach Honan.
There has been 3 articles this week about the Clare players trying to shoulder Nash along with Ger Cunningham’s concern for Kelly coming out to face Nash’s frees.
The Cork management team are obviously worried & are putting all this crap out there in the media in the hope that the match officials give them some favours in the replay.
Pa Horgan made a good point the other team is being penalised this rule would hand the advantage to the fouling team. There a simple enough solution to this if you dont want the ball coming at you that fast than dont be dragging fellas down!