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Deaf Student Looks To Qualify For Cross Country State Championship For 3rd Time
In a sport where every second counts, he needs to make sure he's on the same playing field as everyone else, beginning at the start line.
November 22, 2024
Sevan Ikeda, a 17-year-old senior, could be the first student from California School for the Deaf in Fremont to qualify for the Cross Country State Championships three times.
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Despite sometimes being overlooked by the hearing community, he doesn't let that stop him. In fact, sometimes it can be a super power.
"It motivates me," Ikeda told CBS News Bay Area through an interpreter, about being a deaf runner competing against the hearing community. "Everyone around me is hearing and I'm showing them that deaf people can, we can. I want to show my potential of running to all of them."
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Sevan Ikeda, a senior at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont and a cross country runner/CBS
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