North Carolina Central University

TRACK & FIELD

(March 16, 2000)
 
THE TENTH ANNUAL LEROY T. WALKER OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT MEET

Hosted by:  North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC

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     DURHAM, NC  -- On Saturday (March 18, 2000), for the first time since 1997, North Carolina Central University's annual LeRoy T. Walker Olympic Development Track & Field Meet will be held on campus at NCCU's newly-renovated track & field facility.
     For the last two years during the renovation process, the LTW Meet was held at Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium. Renovations on the NCCU track began in June 1998 and were completed in September 1999. The NCCU facility (located off Lawson St.) now features a certified eight-lane polyurethane track and upgraded field event areas.
     "We're glad to be home," said NCCU head coach Michael Lawson, who founded the LeRoy T. Walker Olympic Development Meet in 1991.
     This year's 10th annual event welcomes more than 140 college student-athletes from NCCU, Saint Augustine's, Shaw, Fayetteville State, Livingstone, Winston-Salem State, and Barber-Scotia.  The first event begins at 9:00 a.m.  Admission is FREE.

LEROY T. WALKER LEGACY
     During his unprecedented tenure as head coach at North Carolina Central University, Dr. LeRoy T. Walker lifted the Eagle track & field program to a point of international prominence.  Under Walker's reign, N.C. Central produced 30 National Titles, 77 All-Americans, and 8 Olympic Medalists.  His track & field resume boasts accomplishments such as Olympic Coach (1960), Olympic Consultant (1964), Head Coach of USA National Team (1970), Organizer of Pan-Africa-USA International Meet (1971), and Coordinator of Martin Luther King Games and USA National Team (1973). As President of the U.S. Olympic Committee, Walker was instrumental in bringing the Olympic Games to Atlanta in the Summer of 1996.

Last Revised:  March 2000