Chronicle Commits Faux Pas in Wednesday's Online Story
While trying to do the right thing in publishing the right story on Jessica Armenteros and her 56-year-old mother, Alicia, who is running this year's half marathon, the newspaper printed a photo of Jessica -- before her battle with Guillian-Barre syndrome -- on a Run Wild Sports team that finished first at the Beach To Bay Relay Marathon in Corpus Christi.
In fact, the Mixed Open Division team's time recorded - 2:33:27 - is the best in that division since 2000.
The picture's caption reads: "The Houston Team of Run Wild Sports placed first in the competitive open mixed category of the recent Beach to Bay Relay Marathon in Corpus Christi. From left top are Jessica Armenteros and her brother Luis Armenteros. Kneeling from left are Tracy Ciota, Cornelio Garibay and Catherine Scarborough."
Recent would imply something more recent than 2001 - which is when the picture was taken. It might imply sometime last year - in 2006.
So what? No big deal, right? Well, unfortunately, Houston lost one of its brightest and most-talented distance runners within the last two years -- and one of the individuals in the "recent" picture, Catherine Scarborough (or actually Kathryn).
The Chron.com story and the picture mentioned can be viewed at this link.
In fact, the Mixed Open Division team's time recorded - 2:33:27 - is the best in that division since 2000.
The picture's caption reads: "The Houston Team of Run Wild Sports placed first in the competitive open mixed category of the recent Beach to Bay Relay Marathon in Corpus Christi. From left top are Jessica Armenteros and her brother Luis Armenteros. Kneeling from left are Tracy Ciota, Cornelio Garibay and Catherine Scarborough."
Recent would imply something more recent than 2001 - which is when the picture was taken. It might imply sometime last year - in 2006.
So what? No big deal, right? Well, unfortunately, Houston lost one of its brightest and most-talented distance runners within the last two years -- and one of the individuals in the "recent" picture, Catherine Scarborough (or actually Kathryn).
The Chron.com story and the picture mentioned can be viewed at this link.
posted by WalkSports.com | 1:55 AM
4 Comments:
The printed copy delivered to my house actually had a very nice picture of Jessica and Alicia Armenteros rather than the one you found on the Chronicle website.
Same here. That picture did not make The Chronicle.
Well, good. I'm glad that it didn't. It was just a little bit of a shock.
In the Channel 11 piece on Sean Wade, KHOU had file footage of the start from when the marathon was the Tenneco Marathon.
Don't these folks get out? :)
Wow, did that picture bring back some memories. I used to watch those guys early in a race and think "I wish I could run like that." That's a heck of at team. Here's hoping that Jessica can get back to it--she's a great person, and a great runner. I'd love to see her out there kicking my butt again...
I would love to see Tracy out there making the master's division interesting as well. Here's hoping she can find the time and energy to get back at it.
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