NEW YORK – Winning on the track was all too familiar for Zariel Macchia, who holds six New York state championship titles. She stood highest on the box in the 3K race, but this time, she stood in a courtroom eager to overturn a ban.
What we know: — The high school senior says that the New York State Public High School Association disqualified her due to the rule that deems a student ineligible to represent a school if a student competes as a college athlete in the same season. As a result, she was banned from the New York state track and field championship and the chance to compete for her seventh title.
Convinced this rule and punishment was unjust, her family filed a lawsuit in order to compete in the upcoming championship. …