At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he was eliminated by finishing seventh in the quarterfinals while running more than two seconds slower than his personal best of 45.6, set earlier that year. He also anchored his team, finishing last in their qualifying round.[1] Sowerby still holds the Antiguan and Barbudan national records in the 400 metres, and 400 metres hurdles.
Sowerby, had a successful career as head track and field coach of Delaware State University, receiving several Coach of the year awards. He then relocated to his Alma Mater, Murray State University, where he coached the track teams to several victories until 1993.
Sowerby currently is retired from collegiate athletics although he coaches track and is a substitute teacher at Hopkinsville High School and lives in Hopkinsville, Kentucky with his wife, Carolyn. He has six children: Brian, Vaedra, Fred, Jr., LaTonya, Terrance, and Stephon.
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fred, sowerby, frederick, oliver, newgent, sowerby, born, december, 1948, track, field, athlete, from, antigua, barbuda, known, primarily, running, metres, personal, informationnationalityantiguanborn, 1948, december, 1948, plymouth, montserratsportsportsprint. Fred Sowerby Frederick Oliver Newgent Sowerby born December 11 1948 is a track and field athlete from Antigua and Barbuda known primarily for running the 400 metres Fred SowerbyPersonal informationNationalityAntiguanBorn 1948 12 11 11 December 1948 age 74 Plymouth MontserratSportSportSprintingEvent s 400 metresMedal record Representing AmericasIAAF World Cup1977 Dusseldorf 4 x 400 m relayBiography EditAt the 1976 Summer Olympics he was eliminated by finishing seventh in the quarterfinals while running more than two seconds slower than his personal best of 45 6 set earlier that year He also anchored his team finishing last in their qualifying round 1 Sowerby still holds the Antiguan and Barbudan national records in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles He is also a three time champion in the now defunct 600 yard dash at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships 2 Sowerby is a 1973 graduate of Murray State University where he was elected to the Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986 3 Sowerby had a successful career as head track and field coach of Delaware State University receiving several Coach of the year awards He then relocated to his Alma Mater Murray State University where he coached the track teams to several victories until 1993 After moving to Las Vegas Nevada where he was an assistant coach for the University of Nevada Las Vegas 4 Sowerby has continued to run in Masters athletics wearing the United States uniform setting the World Masters Athletics World Record in the M45 and M50 age divisions in 1994 and 1999 respectively 5 6 Sowerby also still holds the World M45 Record for the Indoor 400 set in 1994 7 Sowerby currently is retired from collegiate athletics although he coaches track and is a substitute teacher at Hopkinsville High School and lives in Hopkinsville Kentucky with his wife Carolyn He has six children Brian Vaedra Fred Jr LaTonya Terrance and Stephon External links EditFred Sowerby at World AthleticsReferences Edit Fred Sowerby Biography and Olympic Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 2011 09 01 Retrieved 2010 07 31 Sports Reference USA Track amp Field USA Indoor Track amp Field Champions Archived from the original on 2018 09 19 Retrieved 2012 05 03 http goracers com sports 2009 7 23 218299508 aspx Murray State Hall of Fame http www reviewjournal com lvrj home 1997 Mar 15 Sat 1997 sports 5037665 html Las Vegas Review Journal http www mastersathletics net fileadmin html Rankings All Time 400metresmen htm Masters Athletics Records Outdoor Men Archived from the original on 2012 08 03 Retrieved 2012 08 03 Masters World Records retrieved July 30 2010 Records Indoor Men Archived from the original on 2010 12 01 Retrieved 2010 07 31 WMA Indoor Records Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fred Sowerby amp oldid 1112858681, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
