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Olympian Ayden Owens-Delerme Acknowledges Edneyville Cherokee Roots
Olympic decathlete Ayden Owens-Delerme, NCAA indoor and outdoor champion, traces Cherokee ancestry to Edneyville and Case Cemetery sites. He represents Puerto Rico in Paris 2024 after studying biomedical engineering at Michigan and earning an Arkansas MBA. He chronicled his journey in Race of My Own.
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Ayden Owens-Delerme
Edneyville
Puerto Rico
Paris
Owens-Delerme
Henderson County
Brenda Wilkerson
Jennie Jones Giles
St. Paul Cemetery
Butler Owens
Case Cemetery
Polly George
Giles
Headersonheritage.com
Michael Owens
Carmen Delorme Owens
Raleigh
Mike Owens
University of Virginia
Ralph Sampson
Jeff Jones
Jeff Lamp
Owens-Delorme
University of Michigan
University of Arkansas
Aydenowens.com
Ayden Owens-Delorme
St. Paul
Puero Rico