Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, has died.

At 92, Mabel Staton remains an icon in track and field, a trailblazer who broke barriers for women and African Americans.

Mabel Landry Staton, a track and field trailblazer who was the only female American to compete in long jump at the 1952 ...

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for ...

Staton, who went by the name of Mabel Landry when she attended DePaul in the 1950s, before the school had a women's track team, was inducted into the university's athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.