"Presents information about track and field in the Olympics including events such as relays, hurdles, pole vault, javelin throw, and shot put"--

"Written by the American Sport Education Program in conjunction with Matt Lydum and other experts from Hershey's Track & Field Games and USA Track & Field (USATF), Coaching Youth Track & Field is the only resource available today aimed at coaches of athletes ages 14 and under." "Endorsed by USATF and named the official handbook of Hershey's Track & Field Games, Coaching Youth Track & Field offers instruction and skill-related activities for all events...

Meet Jesse Owens, an African American runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin! What made his achievement even more memorable was that Adolph Hitler expected the Olympic Games to be a German showcase. In fact, he criticized the United States for even including black athletes on its Olympic roster. According to many reports, after Owens won his fourth gold medal, Hitler stormed out of the stadium. In 1936 Jesse Owens took a stand...

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 101-year-old, world-record-holding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she's known throughout her Bronx community, isn't your typical runner. Her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement. But her greatest trials were yet to come. Ida's two sons were brutally murdered. Justice was never found. Ida felt like she didn't have the strength to carry on and she couldn't...

Fantasma. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Cuatro jóvenes de familias completamente diferentes, con personalidades que se vuelven explosivas al chocar. Pero son también cuatro jóvenes de secundaria que fueron escogidos para un equipo de élite de atletismo... un equipo que los podría ayudar a clasificarse para las Olimpiadas Juveniles. Todos tienen mucho que perder, pero también tienen mucho que demostrar, no solo a sus compañeros sino a sí mismos....

Ghost, un corredor con talento natural y alborotador, es reclutado para un equipo de atletismo de élite de una escuela. Debe mantener el rumbo, literal y figurativamente, para alcanzar su máximo potencial. "Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--

"Sano's little brother Shin returns! Shin has become a rising star of the high jump and he's determined to prove himself by beating his older brother. But that's not the only blood on the track ... the one coaching Shin is their father!"'-cover, p.4.

Nakatsu's mother informs him that she wants him to return home after graduation and take over the family business, and Nakatsu must decide if he is willing to give up his dream of becoming a soccer star in order to take care of his family.

A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.

Mizuki, a girl who pretends to be a boy at an all-boys school, finds it hard to keep her secret with such distractions as a snoopy reporter, a cross-dressing contest, a persistent photographer, and visits by friends who know the truth.