You've heard the joke about an athlete being so good that he or she could have beaten another team single-handed? Well, that's not a joke any more, or at least it isn't for Rochelle (Tex.) High student Bonnie Richardson, who won a state track title over the weekend all by herself.

Richardson, a junior, was the only girls track performer from her school to qualify for the Texas 1A meet, and was entered in five events in the two-day meet. She managed to win two of them, (high jump and 200 meters, placing second in two other events (long jump and 100 meters) and third in another (the discus) to amass 42 team points, six more than the Chilton team that finished second.

Richardson, who was limited by rule to five events, said she couldn't have done any more or better because of the heat. She is believed to be the first female Texas athlete, and the second in state history, to win a state track title all alone. Remarkably, she did so well despite the fact that her school doesn't have a real track, and she has to train by running on a nearby road.

Needless to say, the pick for the San Angelo Standard-Times Athlete of the Week was pretty easy this week.