Red Level School sophomore Miracle Wright was presented with two championship rings from the state during halftime of the team’s varsity game for boys on Thursday night’s match against Straughn.
Her successes includes winning the 100-meter race for three straight years, and being part of the 4×100 meter relay team that took home the state championship two years earlier. She finished second in the state championships in the 200-meter dash when she was in the seventh and eighth grades before winning the race as a freshman.
Dist. 4. County commission member Tommy McGaha presented a proclamation to her on behalf of the Covington County Commission for her accomplishments on the track at an River Falls town council meeting in July.
Popularly referred to as Mattie to those who are around her, Miracle was born prematurely at 14 weeks old and weighed just 2 pounds at the time her birth. Her mother claimed that she had to be revived when she was born and she was a slow walker in her early years. The family originally planned to call her Isabella but decided to name her Miracle rather due to the physical difficulties she encountered during her early years of life.
In a physical therapy session she was informed by her mother Miracle’s motor delays. Doctors suggested Braces over her legs to straighten her feet as they were turned inward. As a child she was unable to turn her feet towards the inside.
However, Miracle’s maternal grandmother Alberta Shine believed in an old belief and put the dishcloth and smudge it between her knees while they sat in a recliner daily. Despite not being able how to walk till she reached nearly 3 years old Miracle conquered all obstacles in her way to becoming a track star, cheerleader and even play basketball in the school Red Level.
The daughter is Pinka Shine and Jamie Wright and grandchild of Alberta Shine and Clifford Ball.
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