Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Hit By Deer During Race, Recovering

From PennTrackXC.com
Kara Shen is recovering from her experience at XC state champs. One that no one else would want.
By Don Rich / November 13, 2010 7:38 PM

Kara Shen is recovering, back in school, and looking forward to the time when she can run again.
Kara, if you recall, was the Central Bucks East junior who was knocked down and kicked by a deer at the top of the second of the Aloha Hills on November 6th in the girls' AAA race in the state championships.
At first, she says, she thought it was a man wearing brown pants running onto the course. It wasn't.
A woman and fan who was nearby immediately helped her from the course so she would not incur further injury from other runners. "The fan said to me, 'honey, you got hit by a deer'." Shen was conscious the whole time, and soon found herself in a cart headed for trainer's tent.
Read on here.

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