Maricopa resident Sally Meyerhoff Dreamed of Becoming one of the top runners in the world and earning a gold medal in the Olympics.
In Pursuit Of These Dreams, she dedicated her life to her sport, Spending count less hours training and Competing.
Tuesday around 1:22 p.m. Those dreams Came Thurs an end "when the 27-year-old champion was Involved in a cycling accident near the intersection of White and Parker Road and Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway.
According to the City of Maricopa spokeswoman LaTricia Woods, Meyerhoff was riding her bike south bound is White and Parker Road and failed to yield at the intersection, colliding with a truck heading east.
That Woods added the Initial Investigation indicates the driver of the truck was impaired Not, But Would continue Thurs Police investigate the incident.
Adam Zucco, Meyerhoff's coach, said the Following is On behalf of Meyerhoff's family late Tuesday night in an e-mail to the Ahwatukee Foothills'paper:
"Sally's family Would like to make it Known she will be missed tremendously. They love her very much and she was the best sister and daughter Could anyone ask for."
Meyerhoff Earned seven state championships in high school track and field at Mountain Pointe High School. She finished 12th at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in 2001.
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