Former Rochester sprinter Lauryn Williams again dreaming of Olympics
J. Brady McCullough's Olympic update on former Rochester sprinter Lauryn Williams:
(Photo: Lauryn Williams, right, gets past Stephanie Durst to win the women's 100-meter dash at the Kansas Relays last month in Lawrence, Kan. Orlin Wagner/Associated Press.)
(Photo: Lauryn Williams, right, gets past Stephanie Durst to win the women's 100-meter dash at the Kansas Relays last month in Lawrence, Kan. Orlin Wagner/Associated Press.)
"MIAMI -- Her friends kept walking through the door, wearing black and purple, the colors of mourning. Lauryn Williams certainly wasn't dead, but the girl they knew had been retreating further and further inside for years now, and they felt she needed to know this was serious.
Williams was glad to see them, but as they arrived unannounced at her mother's home, one after the other, she got the feeling they hadn't ventured to suburban Miami for a backyard barbecue.
Since becoming the World's Fastest Woman in 2005, Williams' life had not gone according to plan. It was now August 2011, and she had not recorded another personal best. Even worse, her times had plummeted after taking the 2010 season off from intense training."
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