Ten years, seven trips to the playoffs and two Super Bowls later, Tomlin stands as proof of how Rooney’s rule should work. She pulled ahead of Rose Chelimo of Bahrain in the Newton hills to win by 59 seconds. Rooney, as the face of a conservative franchise in a conservative league, had never been one to celebrate his politics. It was an accident, everyone said, and TV viewers should butt out and stick to shouting in a futile manner at an unlistening screen.