| On Friday and Saturday, January 20-21, 2006, University of Michigan
Track and Field hosts the Red Simmons Invitational, named for Coach
Kenneth 'Red' Simmons, the Michigan coaching legend who formed the
Michigammes women's track and field club in the 1960's. He then
convinced Michigan Athletic Director Don Canham to allow women to
compete for the University of Michigan.
During the Michigammes February 2005 reunion at the home of Karen
McKeachie and Lew Kidder, Marybeth Dillon Butler talks with Coach
Simmons and with athletes Francie Kraker Goodridge, Karen McKeachie,
Carol Frederick Poenisch, and Ann Forshee Crane. We also hear many of
the Michigammes talk about Coach Simmons and their experiences
competing. |  |
