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| Blue Thunder Track Club sending seven athletes to national Junior Olympics (Columbia Missourian) |
| COLUMBIA — Seven young Columbia athletes will get to experience national competition later this month. Kayvona Bragg, 11, Graham Buresh, 9, Mikayla Logan, 12, Niyah McAdoo, 9, Randi Overkamp, 8, ... |
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| Kansas athletes move on (The Wichita Eagle) |
| Two athletes with Kansas ties advanced to the finals with their performances on Friday at the U.S. Olympic trials. Former Kansas State runner and Riley County product Amy Mortimer had the third-fastest time in the women's 1,500, finishing in 4:12.49, second in her heat. Wichita State throws coach John Hetzendorf finished sixth in the preliminaries of the javelin throw with a toss of 243 feet, ... |
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| 10 best athletes to play sports (Baltimore Examiner) |
| To celebrate the 4th of July, an authentic slice of Americana, I am celebrating the 10 best athletes who played the sports we love better than nearly all others even though they never turned down a slice of pie. |
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