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Francie Kraker Goodridge
Francea ("Francie") Norma Kraker Goodridge (born in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a former women's track and field athlete and coach from the United States. She set a world record in the 600-yard indoor event and was the first Michigan-born woman to win a place on the U.S. Olympic team (Mexico City in 1968 and Munich in 1972). She later coached women’s track at the University of Michigan, Wake Forest University and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she was also the Coordinator of Women's Athletics. She has been inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor, the University of Michigan Women's Track and Field Hall of Fame and the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
==Early years==
Kraker Goodridge was the middle of three daughters of Dr. Ralph and Norma Kraker. She describes herself as having been a "tomboy." She went to sporting events with her father who helped raise money for the high school gymnasium, a facility that girls were not allowed to use. She was the first girl to train for track at Slauson Junior High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.〔 She noted, "When I was in junior high I wanted a letter jacket, but they were just for boys teams and cheerleaders. I never ran for a school team in my career."〔 In 1960, when she was thirteen, she caught the eye of former runner Kenneth “Red” Simmons and his wife Betty, a junior high physical education teacher.〔 "Red and Betty made me their hobby," Goodridge recalled. "He was a firm believer in overall training for strength and flexibility, and he trained me just the way he would have trained a boy, including lifting weights."〔 About a year later, the Simmonses founded the Michigammes, an all-girl track and field club.〔 Kraker recalled that in the 1960s girls were still discouraged from participating in sports because it was said to be “bad for their internal organs.”〔 Simmons put Kraker through a vigorous weight training program: “He trained me like a man.”〔 When President Kennedy came out with a national fitness test that included a 600-yard run; Kraker ran the distance and beat the boys.〔
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