Valerie Allman took the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for her 226’ 4” discus throw. On Thursday she visited Silver Creek High School where her track and field journey began.
Allman had never tried track and field before entering high school. She began with running events and found them to be too painful, she said. Then she tried the high jump where she cracked the bar — something she said she didn’t know was even possible.