FILE PHOTO: Born on April 15, 1957: Evelyn Ashford, American Athlete (L to R) USA's Evelyn Ashford, Sheila Echols and Alice Brown, three of the USA's 4x100 metres relay team, watch a video replay ...

Ashford left UCLA in 1978 to train for the 1980 Summer Games, which were supposed to be her star-making turn, and at the 1979 World Cup firmly established herself as the top female sprinter in the ...

U.S. sprinter Allyson Felix has the most gold medals of any woman in Olympic track and field history with seven. Evelyn Ashford and Sanya Richard-Ross are tied for the second-most Olympic gold ...

Evelyn Ashford and Sanya Richard-Ross are tied for the second-most Olympic gold medals among American women in track and field with four each.