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FeaturedAsian American and Pacific Islander Athletes in Track and Field
The month of May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We’d like to take this opportunity to put the spotlight on some of the amazing Asian American and Pacific Islanders within the track and field community, not only in the United States, but in other parts of the world as well. The list…
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Sisterhood Spotlight: Jenny Hitchings
Jenny Hitchings is an American distance runner from Sacramento, California, who at the age of 59 set a new world record at the 2023 London Marathon
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Sisterhood Spotlight: Des Linden
In her recently published memoir, Choosing to Run, two – time Olympian Des Linden shares her start in athletics, her wide range of accomplishments, and how she recovered when times got hard.
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AAU Track and Field partners with Olympian led TrackGirlz to offer track and field girls empowerment programming to its members
ORLANDO, FL. – The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Track and Field, one of the nation’s largest youth track and field event organizers, most recently partnered with TrackGirlz, a nonprofit organization led by USA Olympic Sprinter & High Performance Coach, Mechelle Lewis Freeman, and Wellness Coach, Jennifer Forrester. This joint effort will provide direct pathways to implement…
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Track and Field Olympians empower teens through Camp Tour kicking off in South Africa
2x Olympic Gold Medalist, Natasha Hastings, and Olympian Mechelle Lewis Freeman collaborate to use their track and field experience to empower teens as they kick off their 2018 Camp Tour in Johannesburg on March 3rd and in Cape Town on March 10. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Jan. 25, 2018 – PRLog — Hastings’ Tea Time with Tasha program aims to…