AUSTIN - The best small high school track team in Texas is once again a freckle-faced girl named Bonnie Richardson.
Valedictorian of her 14-student senior class in the tiny farming town of Rochelle, Richardson won the Class 1A girls team state title by herself for the second consecutive year Saturday by single-handedly beating 56 other schools.
Her reward was a second state championship trophy she won't have to share with anyone - there are no other girls on the Rochelle High School track team.
"It's great. It's over. It's done," Richardson said. "It's nice that I can relax now."
The daughter of a Rochelle High teacher and a rancher, Richardson won four individual medals in five events: gold in the long jump and high jump, silver in the discus and bronze in the 200 meters. She also finished fourth in the 100 meters.
Her celebrity has gotten her a Texas A&M track scholarship.
Valedictorian of her 14-student senior class in the tiny farming town of Rochelle, Richardson won the Class 1A girls team state title by herself for the second consecutive year Saturday by single-handedly beating 56 other schools.
Her reward was a second state championship trophy she won't have to share with anyone - there are no other girls on the Rochelle High School track team.
"It's great. It's over. It's done," Richardson said. "It's nice that I can relax now."
The daughter of a Rochelle High teacher and a rancher, Richardson won four individual medals in five events: gold in the long jump and high jump, silver in the discus and bronze in the 200 meters. She also finished fourth in the 100 meters.
Her celebrity has gotten her a Texas A&M track scholarship.
