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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.

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.

July 17, 2024

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Coeur d'Alene student overcomes injury, illness to run international event
July 17, 2024 1:07 a.m.

Coeur d'Alene student overcomes injury, illness to run international event

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.