The Week That Was 09/14 – 09/20

Daily Local News – Downingtown resident to skate with USA Junior World Team

Daniel Brown practices his inline speed skating on a nearby track in East Brandywine. Brown, a distance skater, was recently named to the Junior World Team. VINNY TENNIS – Daily Local News

Daniel Brown is set to compete next month in Argentina on the Junior World USA Team for pro inline speed skating for his second consecutive year.

Duluth News Tribune – Inline marathon: Perez edges rivals by 6 seconds; 16-year-old skates to women’s title

Franchesca Bell (center), 16, of Orlando, Fla., celebrates as she crosses the finish line of the NorthShore Inline Marathon in Duluth on Saturday morning. Bell is the overall women’s winner of this year’s race. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

I’ve never raced in a more beautiful race,” men’s winner Carlos Perez said through an interpreter. “I’m always very concentrated on what I’m doing, but it helped me a lot to relax looking around and seeing the surroundings.

“The lake was beautiful and the people with the cowbells were really exciting.

The Gainesville Sun – Resilient college student shines at NSIM while being treated for cancer at UF Health

The Florida woman also spent most of August training for a 26-mile inline skating marathon Saturday in Minnesota to raise funds for her doctor’s cancer research, all while receiving regular chemotherapy. Her resolve is a far cry from the woman she was that December night, angered and in disbelief.