When you first meet Saleia Stowe, she appears to be your average kindergarten student. She’s energetic, shy around new people, and enjoys playing with her siblings and spending time with her family. But when she steps in between the lines of a track, it’s clear this isn’t your average 5-year-old. Stowe holds the national record in the 400m dash, which she shattered by 10 seconds, and the 200m dash for her age group. Stowe is also second in the country in the 100 meter dash.
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I recently celebrated my sixth year as a reporter with The Chronicle and that led me to start thinking about some of the great athletes that have come through the county and how Forsyth stacks up against some of the other larger counties in the state; namely, Guilford, Wake, Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Cumberland counties.
Calvary Day School will offer a free basketball clinic for girls this Saturday, Sept. 18, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The clinic is for girls in 5th through 9th grades at the Calvary Day School main gym, 134 S. Peace Haven Road.
In sports leagues like the NFL and NBA, there is no shortage of heroes for young African American children to look up to who look like them. But for other leagues, especially individual sports like tennis and golf, there are not as many and with question marks looming for the careers of legends like Tiger Woods and Serena Williams, who is next to pick up the mantle in those sports?
Cam Newton was released by the New England Patriots last week and is now on the open market for any team to sign. At 32 years of age, Newton looks to still have something left in the tank and can possibly still be a starter in the league.
Mt. Tabor alum and 2005 Metro 4A Player of the Year, Kendra Samuels-Eaton, will now roam the sidelines of her alma mater, Western Carolina University, as associate head coach for the women’s basketball team.