Olympic Gold Medal winner Tommie Smith will join Olympic teammate Dick Fosbury on the staff of the Dick Fosbury Track Camp to be held at Bowdoin College this summer. Smith won the 200 meter dash in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City with a world record of 19.83. Fosbury won the 1968 Olympic high jump with a revolutionary technique that is now known as the Fosbury Flop.

Smith will help coach sprinters for an afternoon, and will also give a motivational presentation on track & field. While a student at San Jose State University Smith tied or broke a total of 13 world records. No one before or since has ever held as many world records simultaneously.

“We're lucky to have Tommie joining us to coach sprinters at the camp,” said Dick Fosbury, who is returning to Maine for his 22nd year of coaching summer camp high jumpers in Maine. “This is an incredible opportunity for sprinters and track & field fans in New England. Tommie is an outstanding coach, educator and role model for athletes in all track & field events.”

The camp will be conducted on June 23-27. More information can be found on the camp website at slovenskicamps.com/.