ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Marianna Wright is a Junior Olympic National Champion track athlete at Monroe High School in Albany. She learned about Alice Coachman before she began competing, but her story ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Albany State track and field team have been on the road all season. Those roads lead to The Good Life City. The Golden Rams will be action at home this weekend, hosting the ...

Alice Coachman, the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, died on Monday in Albany, GA. She was 90. Coachman made history in 1948 when she won the gold medal in the women’s high jump at the ...

(Reuters) - Track and field star Alice Coachman, who overcame segregation to become the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Olympic games, died in Georgia on Monday at the age of 90. Coachman ...

The first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Alice Coachman Davis, died early Monday in south Georgia. She was 90. Sign up to get the most recent local obituaries delivered to your inbox.

Alice Coachman became the first American woman to win a gold medal in track and field in Olympic competition when she broke the Olympic record in the high jump in 1948. She was also the first African ...

ALBANY – Albany State’s men’s and women’s track and field teams put together a dominant showing Saturday at the annual Alice Coachman Invitational, sweeping the team titles at Hampton Smith Fields at ...

The first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Alice Coachman Davis, has died in the US at the age of 90. A US track and field legend, she set a new Olympic record, winning gold in the high jump ...