Rochelle Stevens Comes Full Circle
Olympian's career goal is putting kids on track for success
By Ron Higgins (Contact)
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Cherokee Elementary first-grader with the baby face, trusting eyes and soft voice shyly but surely recited what he had learned from Ms. Stevens, his behavior specialist teacher.
"I am a leader, not a follower, I lead by example," he said.
Then he looked up at Ms. Stevens, a native Memphian and one-time Cherokee student herself from the early 1970s who went on to become Olympic track star Rochelle Stevens.
"Did you hear him?" said a proud Stevens, smiling like she was accepting her gold medal on the victory stand at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Considering that the 42-year-old Stevens' whole life has been about coming full circle -- she was one of the world's top 10 400-meter runners for six years -- it's fitting after all these years that she's back at the place where she dreamed of being an Olympian.
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