The Richard Thompson South Mountain Classic track invitational is this weekend. Naming the meet for Thompson is just a small thank you for the hundreds of athletes he has mentored. abc15
The two met when Thompson was a coach at a local boy's club and discovered Evans was talented at track and field. That's when Thompson took the lead, getting donations from those in the community — even from Olympic athlete Jesse Owens — so Evans could race at national meets across the country.
Evans was soon a track star breaking national records and making it to the Olympic games. He won the bronze in the men's 200-meter event the summer he graduated from South Mountain High School. "We grew up in an area where there were a lot of single parents, and he would take on the role of being a father for all of us," Evans said."Not many men would do that."
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