Coeur d'Alene student overcomes injury, illness to run international event
Maricela "Mari" Nelson, 17, of Coeur d'Alene, is seen Friday at the Gold Coast Performance Centre in Australia where she competed in the Coast 2 Coast International Athletics Track Meet. She participated following two knee surgeries in the past few years and a stomach illness that required hospitalization just days before the event.
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Incoming Coeur d'Alene High senior Mari Nelson gives a thumbs up from a hospital in New South Wales, Australia as she is treated for a stomach illness July 10, two days before she competed in an international track meet. She still managed to place sixth overall in the 60-meter race, ninth in the 100-meter race and third in the relay.
Mari Nelson and her mom, Deb Nelson, smile for the camera Sunday during the banquet following the Coast 2 Coast International Athletics three-day track meet in Australia. Mari fared well despite past knee surgeries and an abrupt illness ahead of the competition.
An incoming Coeur d'Alene High School senior had to get over being severely under the weather as she participated in a track meet Down Under only seven months after her second knee surgery.
"I ended up getting sick two days before the track meet with a gastrointestinal stomach bug that was going throughout the team," Maricela "Mari" Nelson, 17, said Tuesday.
The young athlete was in Brisbane, Australia, to compete in the Coast 2 Coast International Athletics three-day track meet at the Gold Coast Performance Center when she was hospitalized.
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