3 studenoga, 2024
The accomplished, decorated Long Distance Runner, Kara Grgas-Wheeler Gaucher, inducted into CAS-HOF
By Josip Bogovic Kara Grgas-Wheeler Goucher was inducted into the Croatian American Sports Hall of Fame that took place in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Marriott City Center Hotel, October 26, 2024. Kara was born in Queens, New York July 9, 1978. Her father, Mirko Grgas, emigrated to the US in 1961 and tragically died by a strike of a drunk driver when Kara was 4 years old (1982). Mirko was an avid soccer player and was a 3-time first team NAIA All-American at Ottawa University in Kansas. Kara’s grandfather, Calvin Haworth, introduced her to the sport of track and field. Kara attended