the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, died Thursday.

Achieving the Olympic dream at 25, the long jump specialist still has a long career ... “I realized, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s ...

Graduate long jumper Alexis Brown became the first Baylor athlete to win a national championship in the long jump event at ...

"That's when the girls came and asked if they could ... where she secured her spot as the only American woman in the long jump at the Helsinki Olympics. "It was not about winning," Staton said.