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FeaturedWhat Running Taught Us About Mental Health (And What We’re Still Learning)
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And at TrackGirlz, we think it’s time we talked about it. Honestly, openly, and from the heart. Because here’s what we know: we built this community around Sisterhood, Empowerment, and Track & Field. We talk about Boldness, Resilience, Authenticity, Vision, Excellence, Unity, and Poise as our core values. We…
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She Started Running Eight Months Ago… Now She’s Taking on Paris.
Charlie Arkless only laced up for the first time in July 2025. This April, she lines up at the start of one of the world’s great marathons, wearing the colours of a community built on one idea that every girl belongs in sport.
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National Women’s and Girls in Sports Day: Every Olympian Started as a Girl with a Dream
National Women and Girls in Sports Day celebrates the power of sports to transform lives, inspiring girls to believe in themselves and the possibilities before them.
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TRACKGIRLZ 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW
A Year That Moved Girls Forward As 2025 comes to a close, it is hard not to think about how many moments this year reminded us why TrackGirlz exists. It was a year filled with new partnerships, powerful mentorship, long training days, joyful breakthroughs, and girls discovering pieces of themselves they had not seen before.…
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Nairobi Smith: Continuing a Legacy, While Also Creating Her Own
For most young athletes, stepping onto the track at the University of California, Berkeley, is a dream. For Nairobi Smith, it’s also a homecoming. The freshman sprinter is a third-generation Cal student-athlete, following in the footsteps of her father and grandfather, Olympic gold medalist and human rights activist Dr. Tommie Smith. Yet, while she carries…
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Higher Than the Bar: How Chaunté Lowe Redefined Strength
When most people think of the high jump, they picture an athlete clearing a single bar with precision and power. For Olympian Chaunté Lowe, that bar has always symbolized more than competition. It has represented every challenge she has faced and overcome throughout her life. A four-time U.S. Olympian, world medalist, mother, and motivational speaker,…
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Olympian Dawn Harper Nelson: The True Embodiment of Empowerment
It’s nearly impossible to talk about empowerment in the track and field world without mentioning Dawn Harper Nelson. Her journey embodies resilience, perseverance, and the courage to rise above expectation. These defining qualities perfectly align with one of the core missions of Track Girlz; to empower girls through sport. Empowerment isn’t just about medals or…
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BRAVE UP! Running After Your Dreams with TrackGirlz
At TrackGirlz, our mission is to be bold and empowering. We inspire, equip, and guide girls as they pursue their dreams on the track, in the classroom, and beyond.
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Nafi Thiam: The Queen of the Heptathlon Prepares for a Thrilling Contest at Worlds
The 2025 Track and Field World Championships are almost here, and all eyes will be on the women’s heptathlon. Fans are anticipating a major showdown as Belgium’s Nafi Thiam goes head-to-head with Team USA’s Anna Hall. Hall, ranked second in the world, currently holds the world-leading of 7,032 points, but the spotlight inevitably returns to…