Dragonwing Blog
May 16: Happy Birthday, Joan Benoit!
Happy birthday to Joan Benoit, two-time women's Boston Marathon champion. Benoit holds the fastest times of any American woman at the Chicago Marathon and the Olympic Marathon; she...
June 14: Happy Birthday, Steffi Graf!
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/Q2Igik3RfQ7/Dream+Match+2008+Tennis/1oSLS-f5yrB/Steffi+Graf Happy birthday to Steffi Graf, winner of 22 Grand Slam singles titles! Graf is the only tennis player, male or female, to win all four Grand Slam singles titles...
July 26: Happy Birthday, Dorothy Hamill!
Happy birthday to Dorothy Hamill, three-time U.S. champion in singles figure skating. Hamill began skating in 1965 at the age of 8, wearing a pair of skates that...
Amazing Woman, Amazing Messages
In the past few months, I've been able to work with and be exposed to some amazing women. As part of my leadership class, I had the opportunity to interview...
July 27: Happy Birthday, Peggy Fleming!
Happy birthday to Peggy Fleming, five-time U.S. figure skating champion and three-time World Champion! Fleming started skating at age 9 and was coached by William Kipp. In 1961,...
July 30: Happy Birthday, Hope Solo!
Happy birthday to Hope Solo, the U.S. soccer team's star goalie! Though Solo was a forward in high school, leading her team to the State Championships her senior...
November 12: Happy Birthday, Nadia Comaneci!
Happy birthday to Nadia Comaneci, the first gymnast, male or female, to receive a perfect score, a 10, in an Olympic event. She won three gold medal at...
December 21: Happy Birthday, Chris Evert!
Happy birthday to Chris Evert, winner of 18 Grand Slam singles championships. Evert has won a record seven French Open championships and a record six U.S. Open championships....
December 21: Happy Birthday, Florence Griffith-Joyner!
Happy birthday to Florence Griffith-Joyner, known to her fans as Flo-Jo. Joyner holds the world record for the 100 meters and 200 meters, thus giving her the title of...
February 1: Happy Birthday, Michelle Akers!
http://www.yanksarecoming.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MicheleAkers.ashx_.jpg Inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2004, Michelle Akers was a member of the victorious U.S. 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup teams and FIFA's...
February 7: April Heinrichs
Happy birthday to April Heinrichs, captain of the U.S. 1991 Women's World Cup team, which won FIFA's first ever Women's World Cup. As a college player at UNC, she...
February 23: Happy Birthday, Casey Nogueira!
Happy birthday to Casey Nogueira, the 2005 Gatorade Player of the Year, star midfielder at UNC Chapel Hill, and future Sky Blue FC player.