This week we honor the late Janet Moreau Stone ‘52 as part of our Title IX at 50 celebration. The first native of Rhode Island to win an Olympic gold medal, Stone was a member of Boston University's Class of 1952, earning a bachelor of science degree in education. If women had been eligible to compete with men in intercollegiate athletics in 1952, Stone would have been a member of the Boston University track & field team. "I wish they had allowed women to compete," said Doug Raymond, who was then head coach of track for the Terriers. "I clocked Janet more than once in the 100 at 10 seconds. She was faster than most men in New England." From 1949 to 1952 she was named four times to the All-America track team. In 1951 as a member of the United States National team, she won a gold medal in the Pan American Games, running a leg on the 4x100 meter relay team. A year later, as a member of the U.S. Olympic team, she won a gold medal as a member of the relay team that set a world record ...