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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:18 AM

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This display at the Ottawa Library, 105 S. Hickory St., features memorabilia from a local 1933 relay team. At the National Interscholastic Track and Field Championships in June of 1933, the team defeated a team that featured a future Olympic legend — Jesse Owens. Owens went on to win four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

Library gives glimpse of athletic history

Display shines spotlight on local relay team that beat future Olympic legend Jesse Owens

By JENALEA MYERS, Herald Staff Writer

You might not have to travel all the way to Beijing to get a taste of the Olympics.

The Ottawa Library, 105 S. Hickory St., has a display featuring memorabilia from a local 1933 relay team consisting of Virgil Sealey, Charles Young, Clarence Heckroot and Jack Richardson.

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