Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
ZAGREB, Croatia Olympic discus silver medalist Yarelis Barrios of Cuba beat gold medalist Stephanie Brown Trafton of Galt in the Zagreb Grand Prix on Tuesday.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Editor's note: Discus thrower Stephanie Brown Trafton of Galt is blogging from Beijing. On Monday, she won the gold medal. A golden momentWe did it! I came to China with two throws on my mind: One throw to make it to finals and one more to seal the deal and win a medal. My last throw of the qualification round shot me to the top of the list and my first throw if finals took home the gold medal! The...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
BEIJING - All week, Stephanie Brown Trafton had hints of the miracle that was about to occur. Brown Trafton, 28, who didn't qualify for the finals at the 2004 Olympics, and barely earned her trip to Beijing at this summer's U.S. trials and bollixed her first two attempts in qualifying, was the surprise gold-medal winner in last night's women's discus competition.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
BEIJING -- A couple of underdogs got things back on track for the U.S. Olympic track and field team Monday. Angelo Taylor led a sweep of the medals in the men's 400-meter hurdles, and Stephanie Brown Trafton won a surprising gold in the women's discus. A squad that came into the day with no gold medals walked out with two.
Right Celebrity (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Meet Stephanie Brown-Trafton, an American Olympic discus thrower. See photos, video and a biography of Stephanie below. Stephanie Brown-Trafton Congratulations to Stephanie Brown-Trafton for capturing the gold medal in the discus at the Beijing Olympics Monday, with a first throw of 64.7m, besting Cuba’s Yarelis Barrios’ throw of 63.64m (silver) and Olena Antonova of Ukraine took [...]
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Discus thrower Stephanie Brown Trafton of Galt is writing about her Olympic experiences for The Bee. Read her blogs at www.sacbee.com/olympics . The following is an excerpt from Wednesday:
