5’6”
47
Rome, GA
Harding University
Fun Facts: Bawcom was born in Kenya and became eligible to represent the U.S. in the fall of 2011 ... Bawcom first took an interest in running after a chance encounter with Kenyan gold medalist Peter Rono who helped train her and get a scholarship to Harding University in Arkansas ... In her first 5 km race at harding, Bawcom barely broke 20 minutes, but when she graduated in 2005, she had eight NCAA All-American titles and three Division II national championships to her name ... Bawcom graduated with a degree in health care management, and is pursuing her R.N. license ... Bawcom competed for Harding University as Janet Cherobon will be the first Harding athlete to ever compete in the Olympics
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USA Track & Field
SAINT-DENIS, France — Team USA delivered a grand finale on Saturday in the last night of Athletics action at Stade de France. The men’s and women’s 4x400-meter relays put an exclamation point at the end of an already stellar few days of athletics for t...
SAINT-DENIS, France — In the penultimate night of athletics, Team USA was coming in with 29 medals, just three shy of the total medals they won in track and field in Rio. But after the lights went out at the Stade de France stadium just outside Paris, ...
As Gabby Thomas placed the baton in the hand of Sha’Carri Richardson for the final 100 meters of the Women’s 4x100m Relay, the United States was in fourth place by 0.18 seconds. To the roaring crowd at Stade de France, the race appeared to be a jumbled...
It was far from the perfect race, but Rai Benjamin charged hard and overtook defending Olympic champion Karsten Warholm to win 400-meter hurdles Olympic gold.Benjamin grabbed the lead from the Norwegian world record holder, while hammering around the f...
SAINT-DENIS, France – Grant Holloway confirmed his status as the undisputed king of the men’s 110-meter hurdles, adding an Olympic gold medal alongside a silver and three consecutive world titles. Holloway exploded out of the blocks, immediately taking...
