At a recent showing of the Henry Louis Gates documentary, “The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song,” both the film and the discussion session that followed
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Subscriber only IF anyone deserves to represent Australia, it s tireless, highly motivated Ipswich long distance athlete Clay Dawson. He has come so close but is still so far from his ultimate goal. Having won the 2019 Australian 100km race in Wangaratta, Dawson dared to dream of lining up for Australia at the world titles in The Netherlands. The Karalee runner was on the verge of achieving that ambition last year before COVID struck. His hopes of taking his supportive wife Michelle and young family overseas were shattered. As someone approaching 40 who enjoys training with rapidly emerging middle distance runner Jude Thomas, Dawson summed up his predicament perfectly.