Jearl Atawa Miles Clark (

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Miles; born September 4, 1966 in

Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gaine ...

) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 and 800 meters. She held the American record in the women's 800 m at 1:56.40. She competed for the United States in the

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held in

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in the 4 x 400 meters where she won the silver medal with her teammates

Natasha Kaiser Natasha Kaiser-Brown (born May 14, 1967) is an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres, 400 meter run. As of 2022, she is the head coach of track and field at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Kaiser-Brown was born in ...

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and

Rochelle Stevens Rochelle Stevens (born September 8, 1966 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a former 1996 Olympic gold medalist for the United States in the women's 4x400-meter relay. She was also part of the team that won the silver medal in the same event and 6th in ...

. She returned to the

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where she again ran with

and fellow Americans

Maicel Malone Maicel D. Malone-Wallace (born June 12, 1969 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 meters. She was on the 1996 Olympic Games gold medal winning team in the women's 4 x 400 meters relay ...

and Kim Graham to win the gold medal in the 4 x 400 meters. She made a third appearance in the Olympics in the

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held in

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and again walked off with the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres with her teammates

Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan (born May 26, 1976, in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003. Monique Hennagan gradua ...

Marion Jones Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track and field athlete and former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 200 ...

and LaTasha Colander-Richardson. This medal was later stripped due to steroid doping admissions of Marion Jones. However, she and 6 other members of the team would successfully appeal the decision to strip them of their medals in July 2010. She is married to J. J. Clark, brother of Olympians

Joetta Clark Joetta Clark Diggs ( née Clark, born August 1, 1962 in East Orange, New Jersey) is a retired American track and field champion, specializing in middle distance running. She ran for more than 28 consecutive years never missing an indoor ...

and Hazel Clark. Her father-in-law is

Joe Louis Clark Joe Louis Clark (May 8, 1938 – December 29, 2020) was the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey. He is also the subject of the 1989 film '' Lean on Me'', starring Morgan Freeman. Clark gained public attention in the 1980s f ...

. She was a volunteer track and field coach at the

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, where her husband worked as head coach for track and field. She was inducted into the

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in 2010.USATF Interview after election to Hall of Fame
/ref> Miles-Clark is a 1989 graduate of

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. She currently resides with her husband, J.J. and their son, Jorell in California.

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