Courtesy of Walt Murphy's News and Results Service  (wmurphy25@aol.com)

 

The 2018 Armory Foundation Book Award, presented by TAFWA (TRACK AND FIELD WRITERS OF AMERICA)

 

The finalists from last year’s candidates are:

 

By Wyomia Tyus and Elizabeth Terzakis

Akashic Books

Kindle 2018

 

Dick Fosbury’s One Man High Jump Revolution

By Bob Welch with Dick Fosbury

Skyhorse Publishing

New York, 2018

 

A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

By Deena Kastor and Michelle Hamilton

Crown Publishing,

New York, 2018

 

By Peter Hawkins

Starr Press

Spokane, Washington, 2018

 

By Peter Sagal

Simon and Schuster NY,2018

 

The Award will be presented in Austin, Texas, during the NCAA Championships on Friday morning, June 7.

 

TAFWA encourages coaches and teams to create libraries of Track and Field literature that can travel with their teams to practice and competitions. Our sport is rich and alive in literature, history and training expertise. The written word can be inspiring, challenging and give continuity to the baton of Track and Field being passed onto future generations. A book can be a great training partner to what is often a lonely sport. 2018 was an outstanding year in publishing books of a Track & Field nature.