CHARLOTTE – Panthers cornerback Ross Cockrell isn’t big on social media. His last public post was on Facebook nearly two years ago. But as he watched the NCAA track and field championship Saturday night, he had a hunch what he saw would go viral.
“That's kind of the age that we're living in now,” Cockrell said. “When something special or amazing happens, everybody seems to gravitate to it. And that was certainly a special race.”
That 4x400-meter race, which included Cockrell’s sister Anna, has now been viewed nearly two million times in less than 96 hours.