I thought the picture of Chrissy Monson on the ground after she fell at the Big Nine meet (in last Thursday’s issue) to be very disrespectful. Of all the pictures of her running at Big Nine meet, the Tribune chose the one of her passed out on the ground. And even worse, the Tribune didn’t have an article to go along with it explaining the situation. I thought it was very irresponsible because there was no explanation of the harsh conditions; the picture was accompanied by only a caption.

 

Emma Behling

member

Albert Lea High School girls’ cross country team

Albert Lea

 

Editor’s note: The Tribune welcomes your feedback. We do our best to provide readers who aren’t at sports contests accurate coverage of what happened, to see what the spectators saw, even when a top athlete falters. We have covered Monson’s successes in the past. When she has more successes, they will seem even greater for having overcome adversity such as this. Just so you know, we indeed printed a full story on the meet and other photos of cross country athletes the day before.