Angel City Elite Wants to Diversify Distance Running, One Starting Line at a Time 114 Shares
Photo: Angel City Elite, from left to right: Valeri Sanchez, Sabrina De La Cruz, Grace Zamudio, Andrea Guerra, and Grace Gonzales.
At the starting line of the 2020 US Marathon Trials, Sabrina De La Cruz realized something felt off. There wasn t a lot of diversity, the professional runner told POPSUGAR, reflecting on last February s race in Atlanta. I didn t see a lot of Black people, Asian people, or people of color. Later, the numbers would back her up: the women s field was comprised of 92 percent white women, one percent Black women, one percent Asian women, and five percent other.