Give and Take: Letters

Women deserve more coverage

Last Sunday, I was very excited to find that there were multiple articles on the Washington State High School Cross Country Championship. However, I was disappointed to find that most of the articles were about the male runners, and no pictures whatsoever were of the many female runners.

I was puzzled by this, for just as many high school girls ran as the boys.

Qualifying for state is a very big deal for teams and individuals, but this coverage may give young women the wrong idea that their races are not as important.

I was fortunate to attend the meet in Pasco and cheer on my fellow teammates from Lewis and Clark High School.

Your readers may have been given an inaccurate description of the meet, due to the photos of only men. Not one of the six photographs from the meet coverage had a female athlete represented, much less the entire Sunday sports section.

So the next time you report on cross country or any sport, I ask you to please give women the recognition they deserve.

Hanna Herzog

Spokane

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