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Olympic hurdler and Army veteran Willie Davenport competes for Team USA. (U.S. Olympic Museum) 26 Jul 2021 There are hundreds of United States service members who’ve competed in the modern Olympic Games and dozens who’ve won medals. Some participated in the Games before joining, while others were members of Team USA while simultaneously serving. Every individual who qualifies for a U.S. Olympic team is a world-class athlete, but there are some whose athletic performance and service records distinguish them from the rest of an impressive crew. Here are 10 gifted Olympic athletes who also served their country. Louis Zamperini ....
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Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships “California Comet” Doubled Up At NCAAs Harold “Hal” Davis needed no introduction for his first foray into the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which was back in 1942 at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Davis – nicknamed of the “California Comet” – had already equaled the world record in the 100 yards (9.4) and 100 meters (10.2), both initially set by Jesse Owens. Most fans expected a pair of big sprint duels with Davis battling Penn State’s Barney Ewell, who won the 1940 and 1941 NCAA titles in both sprints while Davis was in Salinas JC (now Hartnell College). Great duels came, but not with Ewell, who didn’t even start the preliminaries after an injury in the long jump trials. Instead the threat came from Leo Tarrant of Alabama State (then known as Alabama State Teachers College). Tarrant had beaten Ewell earlier in the year at the Penn Relays 100 yards. ....