Track Stars

Author : Matt Jankowski
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1538247909
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Track Stars of All Time written by Matt Jankowski and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On your mark, get set, go! Readers will see if they can keep up as they race to read more about the fastest sprinters, longest jumpers, and strongest throwers of track and field. The inspiring text informs on each aspect of track and field, so every aspiring athlete can find a role model for their event. Readers will find stories of strength, resolve, and endurance among the featured athletes. Thrilling photographs and exciting graphics help readers envision themselves on the track alongside their favorite competitors.

Author : Cat M. Ariail
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252052366
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Passing the Baton written by Cat M. Ariail and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After World War II, the United States used international sport to promote democratic values and its image of an ideal citizen. But African American women excelling in track and field upset such notions. Cat M. Ariail examines how athletes such as Alice Coachman, Mae Faggs, and Wilma Rudolph forced American sport cultures—both white and Black—to reckon with the athleticism of African American women. Marginalized still further in a low-profile sport, young Black women nonetheless bypassed barriers to represent their country. Their athletic success soon threatened postwar America's dominant ideas about race, gender, sexuality, and national identity. As Ariail shows, the wider culture defused these radical challenges by locking the athletes within roles that stressed conservative forms of femininity, blackness, and citizenship. A rare exploration of African American women athletes and national identity, Passing the Baton reveals young Black women as active agents in the remaking of what it means to be American.

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ISBN 13 : 9780736437745
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Track Stars! written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race Team: "Red-hot race car Lightning McQueen and his faithful trailer, Mack, are back on the road--and headed to another big race! McQueen and Mack are joined by all of their friends from the hit Disney Pixar movie Cars in this brand-new Step 1 reader"--

Author : April Koral
Publisher : Franklin Watts
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Florence Griffith Joyner written by April Koral and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1992 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the noted sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1988 Olympics.

Author : Kathy Castle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781921288852
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Track Stars written by Kathy Castle and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patricia Mckissack
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0766041042
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesse Owens written by Patricia Mckissack and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A simple biography about Jesse Owens for early readers"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Sanya Richards-Ross
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310350174
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing Grace written by Sanya Richards-Ross and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “For as long as I can remember, life has been measured in seconds. The fewer, the better.” Most people equate success with having more, but Sanya’s quest was always for less. She started running track as a little girl in Jamaica and began competing when she was only seven. At 31 she’s had a career’s worth of conditioning to run a 400-meter race in 50 seconds, hopefully 49, or even better, 48. When she started training with her coach, Clyde Hart, they divided her race into four phases: push, pace, position, poise, and with the inherent prayer. For years Sanya worked to hone every phase in practice so that when it came time to race, her body would respond as her mind instinctively transitioned from one phase to the next. As she got older and embraced a life that measures more than just a number on the time clock, she has realized the genius of this strategy for not just racing the 400 meters, but for living her best life. Sanya shares triumphant as well as heartbreaking stories as she reveals her journey to becoming a world-class runner. From her childhood in Jamaica to Athens, Beijing and London Olympics, readers will find themselves inspired by the unique insights she’s gained through her victories and losses, including her devastating injury during the 2016 Olympic Trials forcing career retirement just weeks before Rio. Sanya demonstrates how even this devastating loss brought her closer to the ultimate goal of becoming all God created her to be. ”Sometimes you think you are chasing a gold medal, but that’s not what you are chasing. You’re racing to become the best version of yourself.”

Author : Sanya Richards-Ross
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310760992
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Right on Track written by Sanya Richards-Ross and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Track and field champion Sanya Richards-Ross knows what it takes to achieve the impossible. With multiple Olympic gold medals and World Championship accolades, Sanya has long been a role model for young runners around the world. In her first-ever book for young adults, Sanya shares her advice and wisdom when it comes to chasing your dreams. Filled with hands-on success strategies and personal anecdotes, Right on Track: Run, Race, Believe will help readers face wins and losses with grace, strength, and faith. With chapters discussing setting goals, staying focused on the finish line, and being true to yourself, this book is perfect for teens and graduates. Empowering and inspiring, Right on Track encourages teens to dream big and take the ups and downs of life in stride.

Author : Roseanne Montillo
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1101906154
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire on the Track written by Roseanne Montillo and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring and irresistible true story of the women who broke barriers and finish-line ribbons in pursuit of Olympic Gold When Betty Robinson assumed the starting position at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she was participating in what was only her fourth-ever organized track meet. She crossed the finish line as a gold medalist and the fastest woman in the world. This improbable athletic phenom was an ordinary high school student, discovered running for a train in rural Illinois mere months before her Olympic debut. Amsterdam made her a star. But at the top of her game, her career (and life) almost came to a tragic end when a plane she and her cousin were piloting crashed. So dire was Betty's condition that she was taken to the local morgue; only upon the undertaker's inspection was it determined she was still breathing. Betty, once a natural runner who always coasted to victory, soon found herself fighting to walk. While Betty was recovering, the other women of Track and Field were given the chance to shine in the Los Angeles Games, building on Betty's pioneering role as the first female Olympic champion in the sport. These athletes became more visible and more accepted, as stars like Babe Didrikson and Stella Walsh showed the world what women could do. And—miraculously—through grit and countless hours of training, Betty earned her way onto the 1936 Olympic team, again locking her sights on gold as she and her American teammates went up against the German favorites in Hitler's Berlin. Told in vivid detail with novelistic flair, Fire on the Track is an unforgettable portrait of these trailblazers in action.

Author : Ken Doherty
Publisher : Tafnews Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Track and Field Omnibook written by Ken Doherty and published by Tafnews Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: