Charlotte, North Carolina ‘s Anna Cockrell visited her hometown HBCU, Johnson C. Smith University. On Tuesday, the silver Olympic medalist was seen on campus talking with the JCSU track team per HBCU Gameday . A video on social media shows Cockrell wearing a Team USA bomber jacket and her silver medal while talking about her big win in the 400m at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Olympic Silver Medalist Anna Cockrell visits #JCSU Track and Field team and talks about her journey to being a champion. Anna is the daughter of Kieth Cockrell, Vice Chair of the JCSU Board of Trustees. Thank you! 🎥 @jaypeg_productionz Jay Smarr ‘26 pic.twitter.com/rgo337v59J — JCSU Athletics (@JCSUSports) October 1, 2024 “Nothing was going to stop me from what I had to do. Like that’s really how I felt, because, I mean Coach Lawrence knows this; I sacrificed a lot,” Cockrell said in the video before mentioning how she moved from Los Angeles after college to Texas when she went pro. Her coach took a job in...
