Ralph Walker, head track coach for the Don Grant Youth Track Club, is training young men and women in the sport that he loves. “I’m hoping to find kids from Alameda to gear up for the Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet in May and the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics in Reno, Nevada, in July,” he said.

The free training takes place every Tuesday and Friday at 4 p.m. on the track on the College of Alameda campus, 555 Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway. To learn more, call Walker at 776-7451 or email ralphwalker27@yahoo.com.