Posts by Steve Mcconkey

MADISON, Wis., December 6, 2024 /4 WINDS USA/ — The Supreme Court heard arguments this week involving the right of transgender minors to use puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transitioning. The case, United States v. Skrmetti, involves a Tennessee law banning those dangerous treatments for kids. The petitioners who oppose the law are the…

MADISON, Wis., March 20, 2024 /4 WINDS USA/ — 4 WINDS is a worldwide sports ministry, mostly in track and field. Steve McConkey is the President. In 1988, Steve and Liz started 4 WINDS, beginning as a USA National Track and Field Club. After 1992, 4 WINDS dropped the team so they could work with…

October 19, 1955Born in Des Moines, Iowa1961Dunlap Elementary1967-68Two Dunlap field trips to the Drake Relays, a world-class track and field event, in Des Moines1968Moved to the Danbury, Wisconsin area after the sixth grade, near Dairyland1968Webster Junior High School (WI)1970Webster High School (WI)1971Started distance running. Competed in cross country and track. From 1971 through 2016, Steve…

Steve McConkey was a USA National Track and Field Club Coach from 1982 to 1992. Athletes were ranked ninety-three times. The below list does not include the hundreds of successful athletes on the teams who nearly ranked in their events. Marks made by foreign athletes are not included, plus marks made indoors in events that…

I was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1955. We lived near the Iowa State Capitol. Railroad tracks separated our home and the Capitol. We played near the tracks and on the Capitol grounds, plus at the Iowa historical museum nearby. Inside the Capitol, there were Civil War flags and uniforms. Occasionally, we would see…