Honored to be inducted into Wakefield High School’s first Hall of Fame — even more special to come back and feel the same love and support that helped shape me. Grateful for the chance to give back, spend time with the next generation of throwers, and still call this place home!
Fraley is a two-time SEC champion in the shot put and discus and school record holder in both events outdoors. She is Vanderbilt’s first Black Olympian.
#AnchorDown
Pulled up to Nashville and had to bring my new friend Veronica Fraley @vmfraley out to the Indy Championship,,, what an honor to finally meet this Olympian,!!
🗣️ “I can’t do this anymore. It’s very frustrating dealing with JOA and JAAA. These people don’t care about field events in Jamaica.”
twitter.com/SportsMax_Carib/…
🇯🇲 Jamaica’s Danniel Thomas-Dodd goes off on the after the Jamaican Olympic Association and the Jamaican Athletics Administrative Association for denying a credential for her coach. She hasn’t seen him in 2.5 weeks.
More of her comments from this video:
“It’s very frustrating. This is something that I’m more than capable of obtaining and I came up short today.”
“That’s the irony of it. The gold medal that they were sitting down waiting for did not come from the track. It came from the field events. And those are the events that they neglect so much in Jamaica.”
“Most of the medals that we have gotten so far at these games come from the field events and we are the most marginalized group in Jamaican track and field. It’s time for them to stop and really reflect on what they are doing to us as athletes.”
#Paris2024#Olympics#Athletics
So happy for Annette Echikunwoke🇺🇸🥈
Many people didn't have her making the team. Goes on to win the trials ands takes silver on the biggest stage becoming the first American woman win a hammer medal🫡