Lewis races to Red Stick for fundraiser

Baton Rouge has been good to Carl Lewis. As a collegiate star at the University of Houston, Lewis recorded an historic “double” when he placed first in both a track and a field event—the 100-meter race and the long jump—at the NCAA Championships held at LSU in 1981. Lewis has been good to the city many times in return, appearing with former LSU basketball coach Dale Brown and at a free track-and-field clinic at Catholic High School, among others. Saturday, the Olympic gold medalist and most decorated track-and-field athlete in history will be back in Baton Rouge for a charity fundraiser coinciding with the 30th anniversary of his “double” at the NCAAs. The event includes a meet-and-greet and a night of conversation onstage with his friend and Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jeffrey Marx at the Manship Theatre. “It’s exciting to do an event like this in Baton Rouge, where I know people,” Lewis says. Find out more about the event in the 225 Magazine story here.