Daily News | Sydni Townsend, former Neumann Goretti star, excels again at Penn Relays
Even before she drew her first breath, the former Neumann Goretti track standout has been rushing.
That’s not too shabby for a woman just returning to competitive track after a nearly 18-month hiatus.”She’s knocking the dust off,” said her father, Lincoln Townsend, sitting high above the track on a chilly, blustery day at Franklin Field.Townsend finished in 57.35 seconds, narrowly behind the first-place finisher, Howard’s Jessica Wright, who finished in 56.58 seconds.”I feel like I’m getting my rhythm back,” Townsend said post-race.
Townsend, however, sought a fresh start, transferring to North Carolina A&T, where her older brother, Todd, had also run track though he had already graduated. ”I wanted to come back because I felt like I had unfinished business,” Townsend said.”I think it shows that I’m determined and passionate and it would take a lot for me to turn my back on something.”That’s no small feat for a woman who persistently tried to be born premature. Doctors actually had to ensure that her mother couldn’t go into labor too soon.
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