Stricken Student Awake,

Recuperating At Bassett

COOPERSTOWN – Kristin Ratliff, the CCS senior who collapsed at a track meet Wednesday night, is awake and alert at Bassett Hospital, High School Principal/Athletic Director Mike Cring reported moments ago.

“I’ve been told by her parents that she’s alert, talking and reading,” he said.  “We’re all very relieved.”

The cause of her collapse has not been released, and Cring said that doctors are still running tests.  “This is a positive outcome,” he said.