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Calaamadee "Qado" McKenzie '70

 

Laga soo bilaabo ciyaartoyga horyaal ilaa macalinka horyaalnimada, Mark “Qadada” McKenzie run ahaantii waxa uu u taagan yahay mid ka mid ah ciyaartoydii hore ee Minnetonka ugu waxqabadka badan gudaha iyo dibaddaba.

 

McKenzie wuxuu u ciyaaray kooxda kubbadda koleyga Dugsiga Sare ee Minnetonka xilliyadii 1969 iyo 1970. Labadii sano ee la soo dhaafay, Skippers waxay ku guuleysteen shirweynihii iyo horyaalladii gobollada. 1993, McKenzie wuxuu u horseeday Skippers isagoo madax u ah horyaalada shirarka 1993, 94, 96 iyo 97, oo ay weheliso horyaalada gobolada 1993, 94, 95 iyo 96. 

 

Ka dib markii uu ka tagay kooxda Minnetonka ka dib xilli ciyaareedkii 1997, McKenzie wuxuu hogaamiyay 1997 U16 kooxda Kubadda Koleyga Qaranka ee Maraykanka oo ah tababarahooda garaacista si ay ugu guuleystaan 5th Championships World Championship ee Taipei, Taiwan. Sannadka soo socda ee madaxa macalinka, McKenzie wuxuu hogaamiyay koox kale oo Mareykan ah oo kaalinta koowaad ka gashay Horyaalada Adduunka. "Waxay ahayd waayo-aragnimo cajiib ah oo ku taagan laynkaa bilad dahab ah oo qoorta kuu sudhan iyo Maraykanka oo laabtaada ah oo maqlay heestaada oo ogaanaya waxa ay carruurtu hadda sameeyeen," ayuu yidhi McKenzie.

 

Tartamada caalamiga ah, McKenzie wuxuu ka caawiyay ciyaartoyda Mareykanka inay helaan 14 biladood oo dahab ah, laba qalin iyo hal maar ah. Sannadkii 1998-kii, waxaa loo magacaabay Tababaraha Horumarinta ee Guddiga Olombikada Mareykanka. Ka dib markii uu aqbalay jagada madaxa macalinka ee Jaamacadda Concordia ee St. Paul, McKenzie wuxuu u horseeday Bears Dahab ah horyaalo badan. Sannadkii 2005, waxa loo magacaabay tababaraha sannadka. Waqtigiisii Concordia, 21 ka mid ah ciyaartoyda McKenzie ayaa sii waday inay saxiixaan qandaraasyo baseball xirfadle ah. 2016, McKenzie waxa uu noqday Agaasimaha Ciyaaraha Fudud ee Concordia, isaga oo sii wada shaqada madaxa ilaa uu ka fadhiisto dhamaadka xilli ciyaareedka 2019. Bishii Disembar 2019, wuxuu jaamacadda ka qaatay shahaadada Doctor of Letters.

 

Qaar badan oo ka mid ah ciyaartoydii hore ee McKenzie waxay ku xusuustaan inuu yahay tababare ku nuuxnuuxsaday sidii loola tacaali lahaa dhibaatooyinka gudaha iyo dibaddaba. "Baseball, sida isboorti badan, waa wax yar oo nolosha ah: noloshu way adkaan kartaa," ayuu yidhi. "Inaad ku tartanto ciyaaraha haddii aad ku guulaysato boqolkiiba 30 wakhtiga garaacista laguu tixgaliyo inaad guulaysato, way adkaan kartaa. Wax ka qabashada boqolkiiba 70 guuldarada iyo u gudubka garoonka soo socda, kan ku xiga ee fiidmeerta waa sahlan tahay in la yiraahdo wayna adagtahay in la sameeyo."

 

McKenzie waxa uu xusay in wax ka qabashada guul-darrooyinka ciyaarta dhexdeeda ay ka caawin karto in qofku ku guulaysto in uu guul gaadho, waana wax ay ciyaartoydiisu si fiican u garanayeen. "Caddaynta waxay ku jirtaa natiijooyinka ay gaadheen tan iyo markii ay ka tageen barnaamijyada," ayuu yidhi. "Dhammaadka maalinta, casharradani waxay caawin karaan qofka marka nolosha dhabta ah xaalad hoose ay soo baxdo."

 

Siinta la-talinta ardayda maanta, McKenzie wuxuu ku dhiirigeliyaa inay "fiiro gaar ah u yeeshaan faahfaahinta oo ay xusuustaan in sida aad hal shay u sameyso ay tahay sida aad wax walba u sameyso. Si degdeg ah ayay u socotaa, markaa ku raaxayso kor u kaca oo wax ka qabso wixii dhacay.”

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