Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships
Johnson Led 1-2-3 HJ Sweep By Arizona In 1985
June 1, 1985
“All for one, one for all” is the motto of the Three Musketeers.
A trio of high jumpers from Arizona put that to action at the 1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.
The Wildcats had three of the four jumpers who cleared a meet record 1.88m (6-2) – still the only time in meet history with as many (four) over that height. It represented a PR for both heptathlon champ Lauri Young of Louisiana-Monroe and Arizona’s Camille Harding.
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Connecticut lawmakers will consider legislation that would make it illegal to discriminate against hairstyles that are associated with African Americans. The hairstyles include braids, cornrows, dreadlocks, and twists.
State Representative Stephanie Thomas is a Black lawmaker from Norwalk. She crops her hair short.
“Today my haircut raises no eyebrows. But that was not the case in 1994 when I first cut it short,” Powers said.
Thomas said her manager at the area nonprofit she worked for at the time did not approve.
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Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships
Hughes Soared To Three Consecutive HJ Titles
Tanya Hughes didn’t have the best mark entering the high jump field at the 1991 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
That never mattered to the Arizona freshman, who faced the same situation at the NCAA Indoor Championships earlier in the year and came out as the winner with a PR 1.88m (6-2).
The higher jumper coming in was the same both times – Tisha Waller of North Carolina – and the two were the only ones remaining as the bar was raised to 1.91m (6-3¼).
Windsor health-care workers on the front lines find support in Facebook group In a matter of days, a new Facebook group meant to provide encouragement for Windsor front-line health-care workers has attracted thousands of members.
Author of the article: Dalson Chen • Windsor Star
Publishing date: Jan 07, 2021 • January 14, 2021 • 2 minute read • Tanya Hughes, who started a Facebook group for fellow local front-line health-care workers, smiles behind her personal protective equipment on an outdoor bench in front of a Windsor long-term care facility on Jan. 7, 2021. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star
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Tanya Hughes wasn’t ready for the community response to the Facebook group she created for Windsor health-care workers on the pandemic front lines.