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Dayton Mayor Frank R. Somers presents a trophy to Olympic diver Tom Gompf ( second from left) at Kiwanis club meeting. This picture is the first showing Dayton's three olympic participants together. At left is fencer Frank Anger Jr., Tom Gompf and track star Bob Schul. All three were presented awards at the Kiwanis meeting. (Dec. 1964) DDN ARCHIVE
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Archdeacon: The Miami Valley’s triumphant, colorful and crazy connection to the Olympics
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 1988, file photo, Edwin Moses of the United States, right, pulls ahead of Allan Ince of Barbados during heat competition in the men's 400 meter hurdles at the Olympics in Seoul, Korea. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
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Area Olympians: A history of 60 top athletes
Springfield's Anthony Brown makes a catch against St. Xavier's Alex Kemper in a Division I state semifinal on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, at Alexander Stadium in Piqua. David Jablonski/Staff
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Archdeacon: Area high school football coaches, players tackle a bigger issue
Tonja Buford-Bailey.
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Archdeacon: Tonja Buford-Bailey still running strong
Sidnei Byrd and Vincent Jackson with the trophies they won at the prestigious Battle of Atlanta completion in Georgia last month. Jackson was first in weapons, sparring and forms. while Byrd was tops in weapons and sparring and third in forms. Tom Archdeacon/STAFF
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Archdeacon: ‘They’re pretty special kids’
Grace Norman – pictured here with her grandfather – was surprised by her family at the Americas Triathlon Para Championships in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin on June 27. The group all wore Grace Norman t-shirts. She won in Wisconsin and that put her on the US Paralympic team for the 2021 Tokyo Games which begin in August. She is the defending gold medal winner, having won the paratriathlon PT4 class (now renamed the PTS5 category) in Rio de Janeiro Brazil in 2016. CONTRIBUTED
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Archdeacon: ‘Rock solid’ Norman ready for next chapter
Jahan Culbreath and his father Josh Culbreath. CONTRIBUTED
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Archdeacon: A son says goodbye to ‘Superman’
Grace Norman won a gold medal in the triathlon last year at the Paralympics in Rio. CONTRIBUTED
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‘Amazing Grace’ headed back to second Paralympic Games
Sam Hemingway is head of security for Florida-based All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and he’s also a Five Rivers MetroParks police detective who has worked the past 12 years for both the Montgomery County Regional Agencies Narcotics and Gun Enforcement (R.A.N.G.E.) Task Force. CONTRIBUTED
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Archdeacon: Security Sam says ‘I’m living my dream’
The Cinderella Jacksonville University team went 27-2 and played in the NCAA Tournaments championship game in 1970, losing to UCLA. JU was the tallest team in Division I basketball that year, but the school (then just 2,300 students) remains the smallest ever to make it to the NCAA title game. Greg Nelson (front row, second front left, No. 55) lived in Dayton the past 4 ½ decades, died in February and is being honored with a Celebration of Life Friday in Bellbrook. His All-American teammate and longtime NBA and ABA standout Artis Gilmore will speak at the event. CONTRIBUTED
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Archdeacon: Greg Nelson recalled as dreamer who got things done
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