by admin | May 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW
As the outdoor track and field season began in earnest, Sha’Carri Richardson offered a succinct self-assessment that, so far, can also apply to U.S. women’s flat sprinting. “Y’all say I’m back,” she said earlier this month. “I’m not back. I’m better.” Ten months ago,...
by admin | May 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Instead of coasting through the finish line, Richardson threw her arms up in exuberant celebration at the Kip Keino Classic. Sha’Carri Richardson celebrated her 200-Meter win with 40 Meters to Go and Still Sets Meet Record with 22.07 seconds. Richardson had...
by admin | May 9, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi took the top honors at the annual Laureus World Sports Awards. Fraser-Pryce earned Sportswoman of the Year for the first time in her sixth nomination. The 36-year-old mom is coming off...
by admin | May 4, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Tori Bowie, the sprinter who won three Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, has died. She was 32. Bowie’s death was announced Wednesday by her management company and USA Track and Field. No cause of death was given. “USATF is deeply saddened by the passing...
by admin | Apr 10, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Sha’Carri Richardson won her first solo race of the 2023 track and field season in historic fashion. The 23-year-old dominated the windy 100-meter sprint at the 2023 Miramar Invitational on Saturday, finishing with a time of 10.57 seconds, which registers at a...
by admin | Mar 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW
“If males got boobs during puberty there would be a free sports bra in every locker and we wouldn’t even be having this conversation,” says Lauren Fleshman, laughing but not joking. “When teams issue uniforms a sports bra should be part of that uniform.”...
by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Becoming a pioneer for Black American women in track and field wasn’t initially on the radar for Alice Coachman, but that’s exactly what happened in 1948 when Coachman became the first Black woman ever – from any country – to win an Olympic gold medal. This summer...
by admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 36, is one of the fastest women in the world. The eight-time Olympic medalist and five-time 100m world champion is highly revered for her speed, world-wide success, and fun-loving personality, and she spoke in-depth with NBC...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Chase Ealey went from a favorite to qualify for the Tokyo Games at the start of 2020, to after the postponement missing the Olympics in 2021 to winning a world championship in 2022. In those two and a half years, Ealey probably would have retired if not for a Scottish...
by admin | Jan 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
The University of Southern California renamed its track and field venue after alum Allyson Felix, the most decorated female Olympic track and field athlete with 11 medals, including seven gold. The former Cromwell Field is now Allyson Felix Field. Felix turned...
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