Sports historians will know the name Babe Didrikson Zaharias. She was voted by the Associated Press as the ninth greatest athlete of the 20th century – and number one among females. Didrikson seemed to do everything well when it came to sports. She began as a high-level amateur basketball player, then came to fame in track and field winning multiple gold medals at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. A year later, she took up golf – at the age of 22 – and within a few years was the most dominant women’s golfer. Didrikson played every sport she tried at an expert level, and set numerous records along the way.

Oxford senior Haley Witchella is doing her best Babe Didrikson impression this spring as a member of the Blackhawks’ track and field team.