Brenda Martinez: “I Appreciate My Life More Because of Them” For the fifth year, the Olympian aims to inspire high school runners at a summer camp she hosts at her home.

Brenda Martinez on July 10, 2016 in Eugene, Oregon.(2016 Getty Images) As a little girl growing up in Rancho Cucamonga, California, Brenda Martinez ran so fast that her mother couldn’t catch her.

Brenda Martinez knows a lot about firsts. The track star was the first person in her family to graduate from college. At last year’s world championships, she became the first American woman to ...

Brenda married her now ex-husband, Marvin Martinez, in 1991 and the couple welcomed a daughter, Emily Martinez, on August 15th of 1992 while living in Santa Fe, NM.

EUGENE, Ore. – Her legs gave out before her heart did. So with her legs buckling beneath her in the final 20 meters of the Olympic Trials 1,500-meter final Sunday, Brenda Martinez willed herself ...

EUGENE, Ore. – By the time Brenda Martinez sat down alone with a turkey sandwich and her four dogs Monday night in the house she and her husband/coach Carlos Handler are renting in nearby Spr… ...

Brenda Martinez celebrates after earning a bronze medal in the women’s 800-meter final at the world track championships Sunday in Moscow.

PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Indoor 1500m Champion Brenda Martinez has dreams beyond winning medals on the world stage. She wants to give back to the sport that ga PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Indoor 1500m ...

EUGENE, Ore. — It was months before Brenda Martinez could bring herself to watch a video replay of last year’s Olympic Trials 800-meter final, her reluctance driven as much by a sense… ...

Olympic runner Brenda Martinez had an unlikely path to the 2016 games. She grew up running in basketball shoes and nearly missed qualifying. She tells NPR's Ailsa Chang how she persevered.

Brenda Martinez’s hope of reaching the podium at the Rio Olympics came to an end on Sunday night when she finished dead last in a semifinal of the 1,500-meters.

Chanelle Price, Nia Akins, Brenda Martinez, Craig Engels, Hassan Mead, Shannon Rowbury, Drew Windle are among the entries.