TRACK & FIELD

"When anyone tells me I can't do

anything... I'm just not listening any
more."

"Conventional is not for me. I like

things that are uniquely Flo. I like
being different."

-Florence Griffith Joyner.

“My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it’s
in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very
early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.”

-Jackie Joyner Kersee

For thousands of years, sports have inspired human excellence, improved society, promoted
togetherness, and extended human longevity. People of every creed and background have expressed sports
to express creativity and the love of constructive competition. Track and field is one of thegreatest
sports in human history. It can improve human endurance, strength, and athleticism. It is very diverse.
It deals with running, jumping, and throwing. Track and field is an international sport.
It is found in America, Africa, Asia, Europe,
Australia, etc. Many oval shaped stadiums have
track and field sports being performed. Adults,
college students, high school students, middle
school students, and other youth perform track
and field on a regular basis. There are so many
activities involving track and field as well. There
is sprinting. There are the actions of roadrunning,
cross country running, and race walking.
Marathon running is very famous.Many athletes
run in hurdles. Jumping events include the long
jump, the triple jump, the highjump, and the
pole vault. People throw in
activities of the shot put, javelin, discus, and hammer. Combined events are common in track andfield.
An activity including 5 events is called the pentathlon. Those that deal with 7 events is called the
heptathlon and those including 10 events is called the decathlon. In these situations, athletes
participate in a combination of track and field events.

Most track and field events are individual sports with a single victor; the most prominent team events
are relay races, which typically feature teams of four. Events are almost exclusively divided by gender,
although both the men's and women's competitions are usually held at the same venue. Back then,
there were track races in the ancient Olympic Games from ca. 776 B.C. Today, there is track and field
in the Olympic Summer Games. Also, there is the IAAF World Championships in Athletics that deals
with track and field. The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international
governing body. Records are readily kept involving track and field in our modern age. Women, men,
and children love track and field as they express this joyful sentiment all of thetime. There are many
legendary track and field athletes too. They include: Jesse Owens, Jackie Joyner Kersee, Usain Bolt
(who is the greatest sprinter in human history), Carl Lewis, Carmelita Jeter, Flo Jo, Shelly-Ann Fraser-
Pryce, Paula Radcliffe, Dennis Kimetto, Patrick Makau, Catherine Ndereba, Joan Benoit, Sohn Kee-
chung, Mike Powell, Michael Johnson, etc.

Therefore, Track and field is an awe-inspiring sport, and

we love it wholeheartedly.
Its Early History
The history of track and field goes back
thousands of years. In human prehistoric times,
track and field activities existed. Some of the
oldest sports were track and field actions like
running, jumping, and throwing. Human
expression deals with these specific activities. The
first recorded examples of organized track and
field events are found at a sports festival called
the Ancient Olympic Games. The first Games
transpired in 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece.
One event there was contested. It was called the
stadium footrace. Back then, a cook from the
nearby city of Elis, named Koroibos won the
stadium race. It was a foot race of about 600 ft.
long. Games expanded into other areas as time
went onward. It includes other running
competition. Some scholars believe that the ancient
Olympics existed as early as the tenth or ninth
century B.C. The introduction of the Ancient
Olympic pentathlon evolved into modern track
and field sports today. It was
made up of the five event competition of the long
jump, the javelin throw, the discus throw,stadion
footrace, and wrestling. There was ancient
boxing in the ancient Olympics too. Equestrian
events were held in the hippodromes. The
Panhellenic Games in ancient Greece around
that time period had these activities too. It spread
into Rome, Italy by 200 B.C. After the period of
Classical ancient times (which used the sport in
Greco-Roman areas), new track and field events
developed in parts of Northern Europe during
the Middle Ages. There was the stone put and
weight throwing competitions. They were
popular among Celtic societies in Ireland and
Scotland. These were precursors to the modern
shot put and hammer throwing events. The pole
vault existed from competitions like the
Fierljeppen contests in Northern European
Lowlands by the18th century.
In the 19th century, discreet modern track and field competitions transpired. These were organized by
educational places, military organizations, and sports clubs. They had teams that were rivals against each
other. Competitions in the English public schools were conceived as human equivalents to horse
racing, fox hunting, and hare coursing. The oldest running club in the world was the Royal Shrewsbury
School Hunt. It has records that go back to 1831. Some evidence point to its existence in 1819. The
school had races in which runners followed a trail of paper shreds left by two foxes. Today, the RSSH
runner care called hounds and a race victory is found. The first definite record of Shrewsbury's (cross-
country) Annual Steeplechase is in 1834, making it the oldestrunning race of the modern era. The school
also lays claim to the oldest track and field meeting stillin existence, originating in the Second Spring
Meeting first documented in 1840. This featured a series of throwing and jumping events with mock
horse races including the Derby Stakes, the Hurdle Race and the Trial Stakes. Runners were entered by
people and named as though they were horses. 13 miles (21 km) away and a decade later, the first Wenlock
Olympian Games were held at Much Wenlock race course. Events at the 1851 Wenlock Games included
a "half-mile foot race" (805 m) and a "leaping in distance" competition. In 1864, Oxford and Cambridge
universities (found in the UK) had its first college track and field meet.

In 1865, Dr. William Penny Brookes of Wenlock helped to create the National Olympian Association.
It held their first Olympian Games in 1866. It was done at the Crystal Palace in London. It was a
national success. It attracted a crowd of over 10,000 people. Later, in that same year, the Amateur
Athletic Club was created. It held a championship for “gentlemen amateurs” in an attempt to reclaim
the sport for the educated. Later, the NOA continued and the AAC was changed into the Amateur
Athletic Association in 1880. That was the first national body in America for the sport of athletics. The
AAA Championships (or the de facto British national championships) existed despite being for England
only. It held events annually since July 3, 1880 with breaks only during the two world wars and 2006-2008.
The AAA had a global governing body in the early years of the sport. It has codified its rules too. In the
United States, it started its own annual national competition. It is called the USA Outdoor Track and
Field Championships. It was first held in 1876 by the New York Athletic Club. The establishment of
general sports governing bodies for America (the Amateur Athletic Union in 1888) and France (the
Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques in 1889) put the sport on a formal footing and
meant that international competitions became possible. There was an early model of hurdling at the
Detroit Athletic Club in 1888.
International Impact
The modern Olympic Games came about at the end of the 19th century. It was a new era of track and
field. The Olympic athletic program, made up of track and field events plus a marathon race, contained
many of the foremost sporting competitions of the 1896 Olympics. The marathon was used in the 1896
Olympics. It was a race of 42.195 km. It commemorated the run of Pheidippides,an ancient “day runner”
who carried the news of the Persian landing at Marathon of 490 BC. to Sparta (a distance of 149 miles)
in order to enlist help for the battle. According to the fifth-century
BC ancient Greek historian Herodotus, Pheidippides
delivered the news to the Spartans the next day. The
Olympics embraced the usage of metric
measurements in international track and field events.
That system was utilized for both race distances and
for measuring jumps and throws. The Olympic athletics
programs quickly expanded over the course of
decades. Track and field contests remained among the
Olympic Games’ among some
It was 1912 when Baron Pierre de of the most prominent events. The Olympics backthen
Coubertin got the idea of polychromatic was the elite competition for track and fieldand only
rings to be used as the logo for the modern amateur sportspeople could compete.
Olympics. Track and field back then continued to be mainly

an amateur sport. This rule was strictly enforced. Jim Thorpe (one of the greatest athletes of the 20th
century) was stripped of his track and field medals from the 1912 Olympics after it was revealed that
he had played baseball professionally. In 1912, the International Amateur Athletic Federation or the
IAAF was formed. It was the international governing body for track and field. It
promoted amateurism as part of its goal. The National Collegiate Athletic Association had its firstMen’s
outdoor Track and Field Championship in 1921. It was one of the most prestigious competitions
for students. It was followed by the introduction of track and field at the inaugural World Student
Games in 1923. The first continental track and field competition was the 1919 South American
Championships. It was followed by the European Athletics Championships in 1934.

Up until the early 1920’s, track and field was mostly made up of males. This changed. There was a
growing women’s sports movement in Europe and North America. This movement caused the
creation of the Women’s World Games in 1921. It led to the introduction of five track and field events
for women in the athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics. In China, women’s track and field events were
held in the 1920’s. They were disrespected unfortunately by the audience there. By 1923, physical
education advocate Zhang Ruizhen called for greater equality and participation of women in Chinese track
and field. The rise of Kinue Hitomi and her 1928 Olympic medal for Japan signified the growth of
women's track and field in East Asia. More women's events were gradually introduced as years
progressed (although it was only towards the end of the century that the men'sand women's programs
approached parity of events). In September 1, 1921, there was the establishment of the NCAA Track
and Field Championship. By September 1, 1948, starting blocks and wind gauges are introduced. This
allows for faster sprints and more accurate readings of results.

John Carlos and Tommie Smith used the Black

Power salute to desire liberation for black people.
They wanted to use a human rights salute in
desiring human freedom. They did this during the
1968 Olympics at Mexico City. Theysacrificed a
great deal, but their causes were justand righteous.
The late Australian track athlete Peter Norman
(who is pictured on the left side ofthe picture) also
supported both Brothers. Each of the men was a
supporter of the Olympic Project for Human
Rights (OPHR), as they woreOPHR badges.
Marking an increasingly inclusive approach to the
sport, major track and field competitions for
disabled athletes were first introduced at the 1960
Summer Paralympics. Track and field regional
championships grew. There is also the growth of
Olympic style multi-sport events (like the
Commonwealth Games and the Pan- American
Games). So, competition among international
track and field athletes is more widespread now.
The sport gained more exposure and commercial
appeal via television coverage since the 1960’s.
There is also an increasing wealth of nation. Over
more than 50 years of amateurism, the amateur
status of the sport was replaced by the growing
professionalism from the late 1970’s. Therefore, the
Amateur Athletic Union was dissolved in She is the legendary track and field athlete
America. It was replaced with a non-amateur
Sister Merlene Ottey. She has competed
body solely focused on the sports of athletics.
This organization is called the Athletics Congress professionally in track and field in her 50's
(later USA Track and Field). The too. She was born in Jamaica.

IAAF followed suit by 1982. It abandoned amateurism. It removed all references to it form its name.
It re-branded itself as the International Association of Athletics Federations. In 1983, therewas the
establishment of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. This was the first ever global
completion just for athletics, which with the Olympics became one of track and field’s mostprestigious
competitions. Track and field has dramatically increased in popularity by the 1980’s. Many athletics
became household names back during the 1980’s. Their names are Carl Lewis (who worked hard in
manysports), Sergey Bubka, Sebastian Coe, Zola Budd, Florence Griffith-Joyner (who is the fastest
woman track and field sprinter in human history), Evelyn Ashford, and other human beings. Many
world records were broken during this period and members from the United States, East Germany,and
the Soviet Union competed against each other during that Cold War period. An increase of the
commercial capacity of track and field developed. Sports science improved. Coaching methods were
modernized. Training facilities became more advanced along with diet regimes plus sports equipment.
Also, many athletes were caught using performance-enhancing drugs from the 1980’sand beyond like
members of the East German team, Ben Johnson, Marion Jones (to her credit, sheapologized, served
her time like a woman, and is an activist for real change in society).

Alice Regina Brown is a retired American sprinter. She was born in Pasadena, California. She attended
John Muir High School (Pasadena, California) and California State University, Northridge. She participated
in both 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. She won2 gold medals in both
Olympics in 1984 and in 1988 (of the 4X100 relay race). Her 1984 relay team had the time of 41.60, which
was one of the greatest times in history. She won the same type of
 relay in a gold medal in the 1987 Rome track and field championships. That team won the race withDiane
Williams (2nd Leg), Florence Griffith-Joyner (3rd Leg) and Pam Marshall (anchor) with a time of 41.58.
She had a silver medal in the 100 m race of 1984. Evelyn Ashford won gold. The 4 X100m relay of 1988
had Sheila Echols (2nd Leg), Florence Griffith-Joyner (3rd Leg), and Evelyn Ashford (anchor). Alice
Brown was born in Jackson, Mississippi. She is a legendary person.

These human beings are Yaime Pérez Tellez, Jackie Joyner Kersee, Carl Lewis, and Marileidy
Paulino.

Sister Florence Griffith Joyner was the greatest, fastest woman sprinter in human history. She is also known
as Flo-Jo. She is the fastest woman of all time and many of her records still exist to this veryday. She was
a woman who was a legend. Her elegant stride in the track, her fashion style, and her charismatic
personality were readily known by a wide spectrum of human beings. She was born inLos Angeles,
California. We know that many track and field greats were born from Southern California as we always
love the great people of the West Coast. She was born in 1959. Her father inspired her to run. She set
school records while she ran track in Jordan High School in LA. Griffith attended the California State
University at Northridge, and she was on the track team coached by Bob Kersee. She won silver
medals in the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics. In the Summer Olympics of Seoul, South Korea,
she won multiple gold medals. In the 100-meter final, she ran a 10.54, beating her nearest rival Evelyn
Ashford by 0.30 seconds. In the 200 meter semifinal, she set the world record of 21.56 seconds and then
she broke this record again in winning in the final by
0.38 seconds with her time of 21.34 seconds. No other woman has beaten the 21.56, much less
approached the 21.34.

At the same Olympics, Griffith Joyner also ran with the 4 × 100 m relay and the 4 × 400 m relay
teams. Her team won first place in the 4 × 100 m relay and second place in the 4 × 400 m relay. Their
time is still the second fastest in history, following the winner of this race. Flo Jo is known for her gorgeous
nails too. She retired from track and field in 1989. She continued to work in fashion,was in a TV show,
and continued to raise her family. She married and has a child with her husband (Al Joyner). She passed
away in September 21, 1998. Tons of track and field athletes and athletes in general are inspired by her
legacy. Also, people not involved in athletes honor her memory too byadvancing excellence, helping
our neighbors, and loving truth. Her legacy is eternal.

Rest in Power Sister Florence Griffith Joyner.

From the 1990’s to our current generation, track and field has become more professional and
international. During the 1990’s, Jackie Joyner Kersee, Michael Johnson, Gail Devers, and others delivered
magnificent performances in track and field.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee is a legend. She is much more than a legend. She is one of the greatest athletes in
human history period. She is a trailblazer and a living example of how excellence is part and parcel of
our people's existence. She was born in 1962 in East St. Louis, Illinois. From her childhood, she had
many dreams of success and her relatives gave her great love and a sense of motivation to fulfill her
dreams. She loved track and field for decades and her great athleticism and compassion has inspired the
world. When she was in college, she played basketball as well. She participated in 4 Olympic Games
and she performed magnificently in the long jump and the heptathlon. Her first Olympics was the
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Her last Olympicswould be in Atlanta, GA in 1996. I watched
that one on TV. I also watched the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain on television as well. She made
earned awards and acknowledgments. Her humble spirit is glorious and she loves her family a great deal.
In 1988, Jackie Joyner-Kersee established the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation. This foundation sends
resources to help the youth, adults, and other people in the East St. Louis community and throughout
America. She has given to many charities and she has worked tirelessly for the improvement of our
society in general. She has inspired other athletics to get involved in charitable organizations that are
geared to improve communities too. Her life story is a glorious one. It teaches us that helping others
is important andit promotes the valuable lessons that athletics can teach us. We are near 2020 now.
She is a great, beautiful black woman and we praise her forever. It is our priority to love mercy and to
help our neighbors. We should continue to live our lives in service for the truth and promote thevalue
of love and benevolence. Bless Sister Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
One of the most humble people in the world is Gail Devers. Her accomplishments exist not just in
athletics. She is a well-known philanthropist and she has inspired people throughout the world.
When I was a teenager, I saw her in the Atlanta Summer Olympics on television. She is a mother and she
loves her family too. She experienced an illness. Yet, she overcame adversity and pursued a magnificent
track and field career. A great movie about her life is entitled, "Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers
Story." Yes, she is known for her decorated fingernails. She has the fingernail game on lock. LOL.
Likewise, we honor her achievements and we appreciate anyone who overcame challenges, who
inspire others, and who love the human family. Bless Sister Gail Devers.
 The Track and Field Legend
Gail Devers

One of the legends of track and

field is Sister Gail Devers. She was
born in Seattle and grew up near
National City, California. She
overcame Graves’ disease and used
determination to win many gold
and silver medals from
championships to the Olympics.
She won a gold medal in the 1992 Gail Devers earned massive awards and
Barcelona games in the 100m, a is a conscious woman being one of the
gold medal in the 100m for the greatest sprinters in human history.
1996 Atlanta games, and gold in the
4 X 100 m relay in the same Atlanta
1996 games too. She won many
world championships from1991 to
2004. By 2004, she won gold in the
60m at the Budapest world
championships. She was elected to
the National Track and Field Hall of
Fame by 2011. By 2012, she was
elected into the United States A A greatpart
great partofofGail
Gail Devers’
Devers’ legacy isis her
Olympic Hall ofFame. She won the magnificent
her magnificent careerrunning
career involving hurdles in
involving
various
running hurdles in various Olympics track
Olympics and other world
NCAA Silver Anniversary Award championships.
too. Gail Devers is a great role and other world track championships.

model who personifies excellence The 1996 women's USA 4x100 relay team
of Gwen Torrance, Inger Miller, Gail Devers,
and altruismin her life. and Christy Gains was an excellent team.
 Olympic Champion, World
Champion, Motivational
Speaker, and Track &
In 2009, Carmelita
Jeter had her
personal 100m best
Field Coach
in 10.64 seconds at
Shanghai, China.
She has been the fastest
woman alive for years. For
years, she has shown talent,
compassion, wisdom, and
strength. She won many gold
medals in the Olympics and
World Track and Field
Championships. Now, she is a Team Jet
great track and field coach in
Missouri State University. She
is a very heroic, beautiful
black woman. Her words of
encouragement are very
profound. We always salute
her achievements, and I
certainly wish her more
blessings.
It is always important to acknowledge people of the younger generation who are doing great things in the
world. Carmelita Jeter was raised in Southern California and her track and field career is legendary. She is
the fastest woman alive and to this very day, she has given back to her community too. Also, Carmelita
Jeter has made it her life's work to help young people to be involved in education and athletics. There
are a lot of people involved in sports, academics, etc. who possess empathy, compassion, and a desire
to gain more wisdom. One purpose of life is to gain understanding about the Universe and to share
what we know with others, so the common bonds among the human family can flourish and bloom.
Her awards and her Olympic medals represent her hard work and her coaches who inspired her at every
step of the way. We honor her great deedsin California and throughout the world. Life is about helping
others and she has done that to the fullest. Bless You Sister Carmelita Jeter.

Some of the Greatest Moments in Track and Field History

At the 1936 Berlin Summer Florence Griffith Jackie Joyner-Kersee These women broke the record
Olympics, the legendary Joyner or “Flo Jo” was is one of the greatest for the women’s 4 X 100 m
Jesse Owens won four the fastest woman in athletes in human relay during the 2012 London
gold medals in the 100 m, human history. By the history. This pictured Olympics. The names of these
the 200 m, the 4X 100 m time she came into showed her great athletes in the picture are
men’s relay, and the long the 1988 Summer celebrating her win Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter,
jump. Jesse Owens was a Olympics in Seoul, in the heptathlon for Bianca Knight, and Tianna
great man who stood up South Korea, she won a gold medal (on Bartoletta (née Madison). This
for excellence and human three gold medals (in August 3, 1992). She image is from Chang W. Lee in
justice. the 100 m, the 200 m, also won gold the New York Times. These
and the 4 X 100 m medals in the 1988 glorious black women inspire
women’s relay) along Olympics in Seoul in us all to this very day.
with one silver medal the heptathlon and
in the 4 X 400 m in the long jump.
women’s relay too.
The IAAF gained over 200 member nations. The IAAF World Championships in Athletics becamea
fully professional competition with the introduction of prize money in 1997. By 1998, the IAAF
Golden League (which is an annual series of major track and field meetings in Europe) gave a higher
level of economic incentive in the form of a US$1 million jackpot. By 2010, the series was replaced by
the more lucrative IAAF Diamond League. That league is a fourteen meeting series held in Europe, Asia,
North America, and the Middle East. This was the first ever worldwide annual series of track and field
meetings. In our generation, some of the greatest track and field athletes are Usain Bolt, Allyson Felix,
Carmelita Jeter, Sanya Richards-Ross, Jessica Ennis-Hill, English Gardner, LaShawn Merritt, Justlin
Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ashton Easton, Wayde van Niekerk, Shelly- Ann Fraser-Pryce, Mohamed Farah,
Veronica Campbell-Brown, and tons of other human beings.Tyson Gay is one of the most famous
runners of our generation. He is now 35 years old and he wasborn in Lexington, Kentucky. He has
many accomplishments. He recently suffered the lost of his daughter and he has always loved his family.
Tyson Gay has won many awards and he is committed to excellence and human improvement.

Usain Bolt is the fastest sprinter in human history without question. He is the greatest sprinter in
human history too with his awards, gold medals, and other accolades. He was born in Sherwood
Content, Jamaica. He has always love to entertain the crowd and have a good time. He is the first
person to hold both the 100 meters and 200 meters world records since fully automatic time became
mandatory. He also holds the world record as a part of the 4 × 100 meters relay. He is thereigning
Olympic champion in these three events. In his career, he has won 8 gold medals from theOlympic
Games. He holds the world record for the 100m in 9.58 from Berlin and he holds the world record
for the 200m with 19.19 from Berlin too. He has a great sense of humor and he decides now to retire.
He is entering a new chapter in his life and we all wish him the best on hisnext endeavors.

Sister Tianna Bartoletta is one of the greatest track and field athletes of our generation. She is now 32
years old. She has shown determination and great excellence in her career. She was born in Elyria, Ohio.
By 2003, newspapers congratulated her on her accomplishments. She has won many high school track
and field state championships. She became the third athlete in Ohio history to winfour events at a state
championship meet two years in a row (Susan Nash 1983–84 and Jesse Owens
1932–33). Bartoletta attended the University of Tennessee. She won the SEC Indoor Long Jump, SEC
Outdoor Long Jump, NCAA Indoor Long Jump, and NCAA Outdoor Long Jump Titles, and both
Indoor and Outdoor All-America honors. She was named Academic All-SEC and a member of the
Lady Vol Academic Honor Roll. Therefore, she is a living legend. She followed her dreams. She won a
gold medal in the 2005 World Championships. She won the 2012 gold medal in London for the 4X100
relay team (which has the record for its time of 40.82). In 2014, Tianna was crowned USA outdoor
champion in the 100m, USA indoor champion in the 60m, and USA outdoor long jump runner-up.
In 2015, Bartoletta defended her title as the USA indoor champion in the 60m andwas ranked
number 1 in the world in the women's long jump. In 2016 in Rio, she won the gold medal for the
4X100 relay again and for the long jump. She won the bronze in the long jump in the 2017 London
World Track and Field Championships. She continues to inspire the new generation (with her Club 360
which helps young girls to achieve their dreams). She is a great athlete and a great human being. I wish
Sister Tianna Bartoletta more blessings. She has done bobsledding too.

Records for Women’s and Men’s 100 Track and Field Races (in the
Olympics and in other races)
The Women’s 100 Meters Records
Name of the Track Athlete (s) Time (seconds) Nationality (as represented)
1. Florence Griffith-Joyner 10.49 USA
2. Elaine Thompson Herah 10.54
Jamaica
3. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 10.60
Jamaica
4. Carmelita Jeter 10.64
USA

5. Marion Jones, Shericka Jackson, 10.65 United States & Jamaica

and Sha’Carri Richardson

The Men’s 100 Meters Records

Name of the Track Athlete (s) Time (seconds) Nationality (as represented)
1. Usain Bolt 9.58 Jamaica
2. Tyson Gay 9.69 USA
2. Yohan Blake 9.69 Jamaica
3. Asafa Powell 9.72 Jamaica
4. Justin Gatlin 9.74 USA
5. Nesta Carter 9.78 Jamaica
Congratulations to Sister Phyllis Francis for winning the 400m in the 2017 London Track and Field
Championship. She has a gold medal now. Right now, she is 25 years old. She was born in Queens, NYC.
She went into high school in Brooklyn and graduated from Oregon in 2014. She has a great Northern
accent too. Blessings to Sister Phyllis Francis. Right now, we are seeing the new generation (people
much younger than me) coming up to establish their own legacies. This is exciting and great news since
the youth must be given their opportunities to shine.
Sister Tori Bowie won the 100m in the London track and field world championship. She is 26 years old
and one of the new young legends of track and field. She is involved in the long jump, the 100m and the
200m. The race was great and she worked hard in her endeavor. In this generation, new legends are
being born. Her story is a valuable example of how we should always be determined to follow our
dreams.
 She is Sister Tara-Sue Barnett

Track & Field’s Benefits to Society

Track and field has tones of benefits to society. It promotes teamwork. There are coaches who helptrack
and field athletes in maximizing their performances. Even individual track and field activities revolve
around a team from a coach, advertisers, research leaders, reporters, and other people who are engaged
in the sport. Track and field is both an individual and team sport. Relay races personify team sports since
when all of them do well, then the team excels. One example of a great track and field team was the 2012
and 2016 Olympic USA Women’s Track and field 4 X 100 relay teams. They worked together as one in
order to be victorious in the Olympic relay 4 X 100 Relay races. For a long time, track and field has caused
friendships to blossom. Track and field caused tons ofhealth benefits too. Running is a real way to improve
cardiovascular fitness. It can reverse bone loss. It can cause people to lose weight and it improves the
running abilities of human beings. Running can also burn fact and increase muscle tone. It’s a fact that
healthy foods along withtraining plus a powerful will can cause magnificent results involving track and
field.

Track and field has promoted mutual respect and cooperation among peoples among many
nationalities and backgrounds too. Track and field can develop a positive mood. Exercise causes thebrain
to reorganize itself to handle stress. Exercise grows neurons in the brain. Better sleep patterns,better
balance, stronger legs, and better decision making (which increases the brain derived neurotropic
factor called BDNF. BDNF is a brain protein that helps with decision making), etc. are all benefits from
track and field plus exercise in general. Exercise can increase the volume of a human’s prefrontal cortex,
which assists with thinking, memory, and other aspects associated with learning. Therefore, track and
field is a beautiful sport that has improved the lives of so many people in the Earth.
Current Legendary Sisters of Track and
Field

Ashley Torie Bowie

Usain Bolt is the fastest and greatest sprinter in human history.

He also is a world record holder in the 100 meters, 200 meters and
4 × 100 meters relay. He had a career as Olympic Games champion
in all of these events spans three Olympics. He is a nine-time
Olympic gold medalist. He has twice broken the 200 meters
world record, setting 19.30 in 2008 and 19.19 in 2009. He has helped
Jamaica to three 4 × 100 meters relay world records, with the
current record being 36.84 seconds set in 2012. Bolt's most
successful event is the200 m, with three Olympic and four World
titles.
The track and legend legendary
athlete Sister Natasha Hastings
represents Black Excellence to
the fullest.
In 2017, Natasha
Hastings won the
400m in Rome during
the Diamond League
season.
Many people represent She performed
hard work. Sister Natasha magnificently in the 400m
Hastings is a human in the University of South
being who is a hard Carolina. Hastings has
worker constantly. She is won world
almost 37 years old, and championships in Osaka
her passion has been in 2007, Berlin in 2009,
track and field. She was Daegu in 2011, Moscow
born in Brooklyn, NYC. in 2013, and London in
So, Brooklyn is always in 2017. She has 2 Olympic
the House. She has Gold medals in the
Jamaican and Beijing Games of 2008
Trinidadian heritage as and the Rio Games of
well. Since her youth in 2016. At the 2016 Great
the Junior Olympics, she North City Games in the
won a lot of awards UK, Hastings ran a
involving track and field. personal best 16.67 150m
She made a first-place straight track race,
win at the USATF Junior finishing second. Natasha
Olympics in the 400 Hastings is engaged to
meters in the Youth Girls William Gay since July
division. She attended A. 22, 2018. She is a
Philip Randolph Campus champion, a down to
High School in Harlem, Earth human being, and a
New York to further competitor in the realest
pursue track as well. sense of the world.
 The picture to the left shows the legendary track and field athlete Sister Marie-José Pérec isa
retired French track and field sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 meters and was a
three-time Olympic gold medalist. The image to the rights shows the Sisters of the 2016
Olympic Team who was victorious in the 4X100 relay race.

Inspiration
At times of our lives, inspiration can motivate anyone to achieve their goals. We aren't naive aboutlife.
Life can be filled with wonderful times and it can be filled with stumbling blocks along withpain. Yet,
it is important to count the blessings that we do have. Many people in the world suffer being paralyzed,
some have severe illnesses, some are homeless, and some people in the world have other complications.
We are blessed. We have access to the Internet. We have a roof over our heads and many of us have the
resources to help others. That is why I don't take life for granted. Every aspect of our lives makes us
aware that we are our Brothers and our Sisters keepers. We share oneplanet and the hopes of us are
shared by those who live internationally. Despite our cultural differences, we certainly desire the exact
same goal, which is human liberation and justice. The road won't be easy. It has twists and turns, but the
final destination of our journey is always tranquilityand freedom.
Along this journey, we witness advice from friends and family. We express love. We sacrifice our time to
grow, to learn, to appreciate the wonders of Creation, and to visualize a better world. Regardless of
the haters say, we believe in the freedom of the press and the freedom of speech. Despite what a
person in the White House (who overtly disrespects women, Muslims, minorities,etc. His name is
Donald Trump) says, xenophobia is repugnant in any society. It doesn't matter what the naysayers
proclaim, because opposing police brutality is sacrosanct. My views are very
known and clear. You know where I stand. Also, we are not ashamed of our views, because we'reright.
Our ancestors were right to defeat Confederate traitors. Our ancestors were right to fight forvoting
rights in Selma and our generation currently is right to defend health care as a human right.Therefore,
the inspiration from past generations stirs up my soul and I will continue to fight for thefreedoms that
our predecessors have fought for too.

By Timothy

A New Generation of Track and Field Athletes

I think we are living in a new Golden Age of track and field from sprinters to long distance
runners. Men and women in the sport on the professional level are showing up and showing
out to do their things, break numerous records, and preparing for championships including
tournaments. The newer generation are fully coming into their own as we near the 2023
World Track and Field Championships and the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
We have Gabby Thomas recently winning a 200m race in Paris as part of the Diamond
League. The 2nd place winner is Abby Steiner (from America), and the 3rd place is Ta Lou
(from the Ivory Coast). We know of Sha'carri Richardson being in first place in many races in
2023 alone. Days ago, she ran a 10.73 second race in the 100m. We see the expert Olympian
Marie Josee Ta Lou winning a race in Olso, Norway with the time of 10.75 seconds by June
2023. For the 800m, you have Athing Mu, Ajee Wilson, Raevyn Rogers, etc. running in an
excellent fashion. Femke Bol has raced in the 400m hurdles. Faith Kiyegon has another world
record in the Paris 5K race. Grant Holloway has run fast in the 110m hurdles race. Sydney
McLaughlin-Levrone and Marileidy Paulino are in the 400m too. Noah Lyles is racing strongly
in the 100m too.
 SOME VICTORS OF THE 2023 USA OUTDOOR TRACK
AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Gabby Thomas is joyful and happy that she
won the women’s 200m United States Track
and Field Championship. She won the race
with a time of 21.60 seconds. That is her
personal best and the fastest 200m time of
2023. Sha'cari Richardson was second with a
time of 21.94 seconds (her personal best)
and Kayla White was third with a time of
22.01 seconds (a personal best for her too).
Shamier Little worked hard to be the United
States's Champion in the women's 400m
hurdles with a time of 53.34 seconds. Second
was Dalilah Muhammad with a time of 53.53
seconds, and the third winner was Anna
Cockrell with a time of 54.24 seconds.
Cravont Charleston from Charlotte, North
Carolina won his first United States Track
and Field Championship in the men’s 100m
beating Lyles and Coleman. Christian
Colemn had the time of 9.95 seconds) and
Noah Lyles had the time of 10 seconds.
Cravont Charleston is a humble man.
Erriyon Knighton won the men’s 200m for
the United States Championships, and he
is 19 years old. He ran a time of 19.72
seconds, Kenny Bednarek was second
with the time of 19.82 seconds, and third
winner was Courtney Lindsey at 19.85
seconds.
A black woman's joy is always priceless
and gorgeous. Congratulations to Sister
Nia Ali for winning the USA Track and
Field Championships for the women’s
100m hurdles with the time of 12.37
seconds. Keni Harrison won 2nd with a
time of 12.42, and Masai Russell won third
with a time of 12.46 seconds. All three
women will participate in the 2023 World
Championships at Budapest, Hungary.
We have some great news. The track and
field athlete Sha'Carri Richardson has won
her first national title in the women’s 100m
United States Track and Field National
Championships on July 7, 2023 (with the
time of 10.82 seconds). She celebrated
with her relatives and friends. She is just
getting started after overcoming so much.
Now, she will race in the World Track and
Field Championships at Budapest,
Hungary by late August of 2023. She is 23
years old now. The 2nd winner is Brittany
Brown (with the time of 10.90) and the
third winner is Tamari Davis (with the time
of 10.99 seconds)
Daniel Roberts is the United States
champion of the men’s 110m hurdles with
a time of 13.05 seconds. Cordell Tinch
was second with a time of 13.08 seconds,
and the third victor is Freddie Crittenden
with a time of 13.23 seconds.
Congratulations to Sydney McLaughlin-
Levrone winning the 2023 United States
Track and Field Championships in the
women’s 400m. She had the time of 48.74
seconds. Britton Wilson had the time of
49.79 seconds, and Talitha Diggs had the
time of 49.93 seconds. Each of these
women will compete for the World Track
and Field Championships at Budapest,
Hungary during late August of 2023.
Rai Benjamin won the 400m hurdles with
a time of 46.62 seconds, CJ Allen won 2 nd
with a time of 48.18, and Trevor Bassitt
won third with a time of 48.26. Previously,
Rai Benjamin won gold in the 4 X 400m
relay.
Honoring Tori Bowie’s Life
Some very sad news is that Tori Bowie passed away at
(1990-2023) the young age of 32 years old. I'm a fan of track and field,
and I know who Tori Bowie is. Tori Bowie loved her family
and was a champion in many events of track and field. In
fact, she was one of the greatest track and field athletes
of our generation. She won Olympic medals three times,
and she was a 2-time world champion in track and field.
Tori loved to present her light. She shined greatly in the 4
X 100m relay at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Her life started
in the Deep South as black leaders are always found in
the Deep South. She lived in Sandhill, Mississippi. Bowie
was a three-time All-American at the University of
Southern Mississippi. Bowie was a sprinter and long
jumper. She represented Mississippi and America in
general very well with her accomplishments. Shelly-Ann
Fraser-Pryce and Mississippi native Brittney Reese gave
their gracious condolences to her. Allyson Felix is the
right to say that Tori Bowie’s passing must not be in vain,
and black maternal health should be a top priority in our
society. Tori Bowie was a legend, and her life shows us
the truth that making life count relates to the principles of
honor, courage, family, growing culture, building
institutions, and inspiring other human lives.

Rest in Power Sister Tori Bowie

 Appendix A: The 2023 World Track and Field
Championships
Some great news is that Sha'Cari Richardson won the 2023 World Track and Championships in the women’s 100 meters. We
knew it was coming. We knew when she would get the torch, and she got it by her own merit. She refuted the haters,
overcame obstacles, and is now the fastest woman this year. She won in a record time of 10.65 seconds. She knew that she
had to run the race of her life, and she did just that. She won against the greatest competition of women's track and field 100m
athletes in human history. It's that important. Sha'Cari Richardson gave an interview after the victory outlining the point that
hard work does pay off. Sha'Cari Richardson won gold, Shericka Jackson of Jamaica won silver, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
won bronze from Jamaica. In the 100m hurdles of men, Grant Holloway won gold from America with a time of 12.96 seconds,
Hansle Parchment from Jamaica won silver with a time of 13.07, and Daniel Roberts of America won bronze with a time of
13.07. There are more results from the 2023 World Track and Field Championships. For the women’s 200 m, Shericka
Jackson won gold from Jamaica (almost reaching Flo Jo's record from 1988), Gabrielle Thomas from America won silver, and
Sha'Carri Richardson won bronze from America. For the men's 200m race, Noah Lyles won gold for America, Erriyon
Knighton won silver, and Letsile Tebogo from Botswana won bronze. For the men's 400m, Antonio Watson won gold from
Jamaica, Matthew Hudson-Smith won silver from the UK, and Quincy Hall won bronze from America.

There are more results from Thursday's 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. For the men's 400 m
race, Antonio Watson of Jamaica won gold, Matthew Hudson-Smith won silver, and Quincy Hall of America won bronze. For
the 400m hurdles, Karsten Warholm of Norway won gold, Kyrion McMaster of the British Virgin Islands won silver, and Rai
Benjamin of America won bronze. For the men's long jump, Miltiadis Tentoglou won gold from Greece, Wayne Pinnock won
silver from Jamaica, and Tajay Gayle won bronze from Jamaica. For the 400m women's race, Marileidy Paulino won gold from
the Dominican Republic, Natali Kaczmarek from Poland won silver, and Sada Williams from Barbados won bronze. For the
100m hurdles of women, Danielle Williams of Jamaica won gold, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won silver, and the
American Kendra Harrison won bronze. For the 400m hurdles for women, Femke Bol of the Netherlands won gold, Shamier
Little from America won silver, and Rushell Clayton from Jamaica won bronze. From the women's hammer throw, Camyrn
Rogers from Canada won gold, Janee' Kassanvoid from America won silver, and DeAnna Price from America won bronze.

Involving the 2023 World Track and Field Championships in Budapest, Hungary, new developments are here. Soufiane El
Bakkali won gold in the 3000 m men's steeplechase from Morocco, Lamecha Girma from Ethiopia won silver, and Abraham
Kibiwot won bronze in Kenya. Part of the men's high jump, Gianmarco Tamberi won gold from Italy, JuVaughn Harrison won
silver from America, and Mutaz Essa Barshim won bronze from Qatar. As for the women's 1500 meters, Faith Kipyegon won
gold from Kenya, Diribe Welteji from Ethiopia won silver, and Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands won bronze. As for the
women's discus throw, Laulauga Tausaga-Collins won gold from America, Valerie Allman won silver from America, and Feng
Bin from China won bronze. The 2023 World Track and Field Championships in Budapest, Hungary truly has inspired the
culture of track and field in general. The winners of the Women's 10,000 m race are Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia winning gold,
Letesenbet Gidy of Ethiopia winning silver, and Ejgayehu Taye from Ethiopia winning bronze. For the 20km race walk, Alvaro
won gold from Spain, Perseus Karlstrom from Sweden won silver, and Caio Bonfim from Brazil won bronze. For the men's shot
put, Ryan Crouser from America won gold, Leonardo Fabbri from Italy won silver, and Joe Kovacs won bronze from America.
For the 4 X 400 m mixed relay (meaning including men and women), America won gold in the world record time of 3:08:80,
Great Britain won silver with the time of 3:11:06, and the Czech Republic won bronze with the time of 3:11:98.
 A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE 2023 WORLD TRACK
AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The victors of the 4 X 100 women’s relay team are celebrating You see the jubilance on the face of Sha’Carri
with American flags. Their names are Tamari Davis, Twanisha Richardson winning the women’s 100m in
Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha’Carri Richardson, Tamara Budapest, Hungary.
Clark, and Melissa Jefferson.

Shericka Jackson's HISTORIC 21.41 clinches the women’s Noah Lyles winning the men’s 100m represents him
200m race loving her supreme victory (in representing Jamaica). part of a new generation of track and field icons. He
has confidence and charisma to back up what he has
set to do.

The 4 X 400 m mixed race resulted in an American victory Danielle Williams winning the women’s 100m hurdles
with a world record too. The victors are Justin Robinson, as been a huge accomplishment in her life. She has
Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling, Alexis Holmes, and Ryan worked hard to perform at a magnificent level.
Willie.
Always follow your dreams and stand up for justice

plus truth.