BOULDER—University of Colorado senior Jenny Barringer’s 2009 historic track and field season is still getting recognition as she has been named a finalist for the U.S.A. Track and Field Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award presented by Nike. The Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award was established in 1981 as a tribute to the man whose accomplishments are forever enshrined in sports history. It... 

Jesse Owens beat more than the clock on his way to immortality. His golden four-timer at the 1936 Berlin Olympics was a triumph over prejudice and left an indelible mark on history. Without the American’s trailblazing example, who is to say that Usain Bolt would even have got the chance to follow in his tracks and rewrite the record books as he has? Nobody tells Bolt to eat at ‘blackonly’...