After a less-than-perfect race in her semifinals heat, Tampa's Damu Cherry was eliminated from the women's 100-meter hurdles at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships on Wednesday in Berlin. ...more

August 20, 2009

TAMPA - Moments after finishing a mere hundredth of a second from winning her first Olympic medal, Tampa's Damu Cherry sat inside Beijing's National Stadium with U.S. teammate Dawn Harper. ...more

August 20, 2008

Tampa's Damu Cherry came as close as you can to winning an Olympic medal Tuesday night in the finals of the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Beijing Games. ...more

August 19, 2008

Despite suffering the effects of the flu, Tampa's Damu Cherry is just one step away from an Olympic medal after reaching the final of the women's 100-meter hurdles in Beijing. ...more

August 19, 2008

Tampa native Damu Cherry has advanced to the Olympic Games finals of the women's 100-meter hurdles. ...more

August 18, 2008

She wasn't among the automatic qualifiers and she's suffering the effects of a flu bug, but Leto High and University of South Florida product Damu Cherry still managed to escape the first qualifying round of the women's 100-meter hurdles. ...more

August 18, 2008

She wasn't among the automatic qualifiers, but Tampa Leto High and University of South Florida product Damu Cherry still managed to advance to the semifinals of the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics in China. Local Athlete Advances In Olympic Hurdles ...more

August 17, 2008

Damu Cherry was a good hurdler on the Leto High track team, but never a state champion. And when she went on to compete for the University of South Florida in the event, she never won a conference title. ...more

August 3, 2008

Former Wharton High track and field standout Teona Rodgers, who recently completed her freshman season at Florida State University, captured the gold medal in the women's 100-meter hurdles Saturday at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. ...more

July 13, 2008

It came years later than she expected, but at age 30, Tampa's Damu Cherry fulfilled her dream Sunday at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. ...more

July 7, 2008