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 – 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 ...

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 ...

A trailblazer for future generations, Alice Coachman was the first Black woman to earn a gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics.

Alice Coachman Davis, the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, has died at the age of 90. Davis topped the podium in the high jump at the 1948 event in London, achieving a Games record of 1 ...