Leslie Maxie
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| Full name | Leslie Maxie | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | hurdles, jumps | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Millbrae Lions | ||||||||||||||
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Leslie Maxie (born January 4, 1967, in
While attending
Maxie competed in the 1988
Early career
Maxie was coached by the legendary Ed Parker. As a member of the Millbrae Lions Track Club, a team which encouraged young athletes to try multiple events, Maxie competed in the
After high school, she studied Public Policy and Planning at the University of Southern California, where she is still ranked as the #2 400 hurdler of all time (school record holder for 13 years until surpassed by future Olympic bronze medalist Tasha Danvers).[8][9] She finished second in the 400 hurdles and was on the National Champion 4x400 relay at the 1987 NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, thus achieving All-American status in both the 400 hurdles and the 4x400 relay. She was team captain in 1990.[10]
Over her career, she was ranked in the U.S. top ten in the 400 hurdles four times.[11]
Broadcast Journalism
As a young athlete she was selected to work on the children's programming show Kidwatch on
Maxie returned to TV in the mid 1990s. She purposefully did not cover track and field until she was established as a general correspondent which allowed her to cover the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA All Star Games, Tour de France, championship boxing and tennis for Fox, CBS, Oxygen Media and NBC. When she did cover track it was in support of Carol Lewis on events she did not cover. Maxie's insightful commentary and intelligent interviewing skills made her look like a shining star. ESPN took notice and Maxie was the first member hired for the morning talk show, "Cold Pizza" in 2003. When talk began of moving the show to Bristol, CT Maxie opted out of her contract and began freelancing for the network and she established her own television production company, LeMax Productions LLC in 2005. LeMax Production's first client was Red Bull energy drink based in Austria. LeMax went on to contract with Madison Square Garden Network, ABC, ESPN amongst others. Maxie has also done work as a motivational speaker.[13]
In 2009, Maxie joined
References
- ^ "100 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2021".
- ^ "Leslie Maxie Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". April 18, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "CCS Finals - 1982". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ^ "Athletic genes fit Mills track contender nicely". 18 June 2004.
- ^ "Top Ten Lists". Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ "Track & Field News - the Bible of the Sport Since 1948". Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
- ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/w-top-10.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/c-track/stats/2003-2004/womenstop10.html
- ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/07-womens-mg.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Nando Parrado | Keynote Speaker Fees & Bio | GDA Speakers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- ^ http://www.gdaspotlight.com/bio.asp/Speaker/Leslie_Maxie[permanent dead link].
- ^ "NASCAR.COM - Former Olympic star ready to make mark in NASCAR - Feb 18, 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- ^ "Sports Business Journal".
- ^ "BET's NASCAR Series, 'Changing Lanes,' Premieres Wednesday, September 1 at 8:00 P.M.* Narrated by Ludacris - Hip Hop Press". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
External links
Leslie Maxie at World Athletics
