He lost the use of his legs. Now he’s a 2-time national champion
Lee Benson writes: "Would he rewrite history if he could?
"That’s the question 20-year-old Max Togisala, paraplegic and champion golfer, is pondering during an interview at the Valley View Golf Course clubhouse. Max is in heavy media demand these days, due to the fact he’s won back-to-back U.S. Adaptive Opens, the first at Pinehurst, North Carolina, in 2023, and the second last month at Sand Creek Station in Kansas.
"Both years, Max put a Scottie Scheffler-type beating on the competition en route to his national championships, winning by multiple strokes. His scorecard from his second round at Pinehurst, a two-under-par 70, is framed and hanging on a wall in the USGA Golf Museum in New Jersey with this inscription: 'The lowest score in competition on a rated golf course by a player in a seated position.'"
"Max’s story is all the more compelling because of how quickly it’s unfolded. Just 2½ years ago, he was on his way to playing college golf at Western Wyoming College, the first step on a journey he hoped might wind up at the U.S. Open that doesn’t have 'Adaptive' in the title."
Krysyan Edler writes: "Alex 'Spiff' Sedrick captured the attention of the world on July 30 when she scored the game-winning try to win the Olympic bronze medal for the U.S. in women’s rugby sevens.
"With only eight seconds left in the game, Sedrick caught a pass, broke a couple of tackles and took off down nearly the entire length of the field with nothing but green grass in front of her and tied the game against Australia.
"She then kicked the conversion to put the U.S. ahead, securing the win in the bronze-medal match.
"That play, and the team’s performance throughout the Olympics, propelled Sedrick and her teammates into the spotlight, along with the sport they love.
"While they didn’t win gold, the U.S. women made history by winning the nation’s first rugby sevens medal in the Olympics and first rugby Olympic medal since the men’s 15s team won in 1924 ...
"Here’s the story of how Sedrick went from Utah’s Herriman High to the U.S. Olympic record books."
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