Hearing her name announced while in the starting blocks as the California state high school 400-meter track and field ...

Clara Adams and her father, David, continued to speak out after the teen sprinter had been disqualified from the California state championships over an “unsportsmanlike” celebration. David ...

What David Adams also wants from the CIF is answers to why an official, according to him, grabbed his daughter’s arm and yelled at her after she extinguished her shoes.

David Adams said he is trying to make that happen but so far the CIF won’t return his calls . “We have an attorney on standby right now,” he said.

David Adams, Clara’s father and coach, told Fox News that his daughter was celebrating off the track and on the grass so she wouldn’t be seen as taunting the other runners.

David Adams, 69, of Paris, Arkansas passed away Thursday, April 17, 2025 in Fort Smith with his family and friends by his side. David was born May 24, 1955 in Fort Smith to his parents, Lawrence Adams ...

Clara Adams, a North Salinas High School sprinter, ... the opponents were gone," David Adams, Clara's father, said. "That was our moment of celebration, and CIF officials made it about them.