Get to know Chelsea Carrier. A gifted high school track and field star, she’s made the leap to the collegiate ranks without much trouble during her freshman year at WVU. She won the long jump and the 60-meter hurdles in her college debut, finished third in the 60 and sixth in the pentathlon at the Big East Championships, won the 60 at the ECAC Championships and in the first meet of the outdoor season this past weekend was third in the 100 hurdles and 10th in the 100 dash at the Raleigh Relays.

To review: long jump, 60 hurdles, 100 hurdles, 100 dash and pentathlon.

To review, Part II: True freshman.

To be fair: One part of a very good, very promising team.

To the point: She’s from Buckhannon and a great place to live has a great reason to be proud.

Make that two great reasons to be proud. Bill Stewart is the grand marshall for the Strawberry Festival parade.

Strawberry Festival organizers say Stewart agreed to be the parade marshal back in February. They say Stewart will talk to the community at Buckhannon-Upshur High School after the parade. That event will start at 4:30 and will cost $2 to attend. Stewart has asked that proceeds from the event be donated to the Upshur County Special Olympics.

“We are really excited. He’s probably the best known person in West Virginia right now. He’s 1 and 0. He put the team together and won the Fiesta Bowl, so we’re really excited about having him down to be the grand marshal of the parade and the Strawberry Festival,” says Jim Marsh, event coordinator for the West Virginia Strawberry Festival.

I’ve never made it to the Strawberry Festival and, in particular, Friday night’s Party Gras, despite repeated invitations — from friends, not event coordinators … as if you needed me to clarify that point. I have no schedule conflict this year, so I’m going and I do believe I’ll find Stewart and tell him that being named grand marshall means he outkicked his coverage. Then I’ll slowly turn and walk away…