Track & Field

Lauren White
100 Meter Low Hurdles
Photograph by Tom Atwood

Track & Field is a very practical sport. In many events, the goal is to overcome something, often literally. A bar, or a hurdle. In others the goal is to extend yourself in some way. Throw something farther. Run faster. Jump longer. In this photo, Lauren White appears to have achieved the impossible: running on air! (But, it seems, she can't run away from her own shadow.)  The sophomore at Edwardsville High School is alone in this picture because she is running so much faster than everyone else in the 100 meter hurdles. What you can't see is something else runners had to contend with yesterday - a constant, powerful wind. Maybe that's why Lauren is airborne?