Posts by Steve Mcconkey

MADISON, Wis., April 22, 2024 /4 WINDS/ — The U.S. Department of Education will update Title IX regulations. This supposedly will protect students and employees from sex-based discrimination. The ruling will set guidelines for schools on how to handle sexual discrimination complaints. The new rule codifies protections for transgender students. It will supposedly stop discrimination…

4/18/24 Radio interview on 250 stations in 35 states, then worldwide. San Jose State University added a transgender player to its women’s volleyball team without alerting opposing teams or the player’s teammates. The school added Blaire Fleming, who was born Brayden. He is the only transgender player in the Division I Mountain West Conference. Parents…

“BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.” (Revelation 1:7) Thanks for your prayers and support as we have many opportunities to share the Lord and stand up…

MADISON, Wis., April 10, 2024 /4 WINDS/ — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has banned transgender athletes from competing as women. The NAIA Council of Presidents voted 20-0 at its annual convention in Kansas City, Missouri to do so. The NAIA represents 241 small colleges across the country, overseeing 83,000 athletes in more than…

MADISON, Wis., March 15, 2024 /4 WINDS/ — 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 athletes…

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…