NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- Six names synonymous with athletic greatness will see their names etched into Hampton Roads immortality in November.
LaShawn Merritt, Brandon Elliott, David Six, Mimi Smith, Sugar Rodgers and the late Darryl Cummings make up the 2024 class of the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame.
Portsmouth native LaShawn Merritt ran times in the 400 and 200 meters that remain among the fastest in U.S. history. Merritt won the gold medal in the 400 at the 2008 Olympics and also took gold in the 4×400 relay in 2008 and 2016. Merritt, a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, won eight more gold medals at the Track and Field World Championships between 2005-15. Since his retirement in 2017, he has begun coaching and giving clinics in Hampton Roads and around the country.