Wichita State softball player Ryleigh Buck calls them episodes, periods of two or three minutes when she gets dizzy and her eyesight blurs, brought on by physical activity.
She’s lived with the condition — an undiagnosed genetic disorder, she said — since kindergarten. Until early fall, the condition never interfered with her softball.
“I sometimes explain it by saying my blood pressure and heart rate don’t work together,” she said. “As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned how to control them and take care of my body.”
Because of the condition, Central Florida did not clear Buck to play softball.