Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up near national City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984. Sweetwater's football and track stadium is named Gail Devers Stadium.
In 2011, she was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and in 2012 she was elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.