“Without them, there would be no me,” Sha’Carri Richardson told NBC Sports in a 2021 post-race interview. “Without my grandmother, there would be no Sha’Carri Richardson. My family is my everything — my everything until the day I’m done.” It took a whole village to get her where she is now. The GOAT tag that she dons today came from the support and hard work of her grandmother and a mother-like aunt. She knows the meaning of family not just in words, but in action, and now and then, she makes sure the world sees it too. This week, she did it again — in the most Sha’Carri way possible.

Sha’Carri Richardson isn’t the only athlete in the family. Her brother, Calvin Harp — known on Instagram as @bigmac__throws_ — is making his own mark in the field events world. On June 13, 2025, Calvin shared a series of shot put videos on his gram, proudly announcing a personal record with the caption, “PR today!!!” And when your sibling is one of the fastest women on Earth, celebrations are bound to be loud — and full of love. So, how did Sha’Carri react?

The track and field athlete first took to the comment section of the post to drop a “PR!!!!!!!!!!” in it. Then she took this post to her Instagram story and wrote,” AYEEEEEEEEE“. And this is not the first time Sha’Carri had done that. The track and field great commented, “You are greatness !!!” on one of Calvin’s videos where he was doing a disc throw.

Back in April, Harp had posted another video of him practicing the disc throw, and once again, Sha’Carri Richardson was in the comment section writing, “Ayeeee.” Sha’Carri and Calvin first hit the light when the whole of the track and field athletes’ family were invited for a photoshoot ahead of the Paris Olympics. Her other cousins, Natalie Byers, Aniyah Davis, Kyle Harp, and Bella Harp, also appeared in the shoot for Vogue.

Sha’Carri Richardson and her close-knit support circle

When Sha’Carri Richardson was a kid, she saw a plaque full of medals that her grandmother had made for her mom. Inspired, she told her granny, “I want one of those!” Her grandmother smiled and said, “Well, you’ve got to earn it first.” Not long after, Sha’Carri was put in the hands of her aunt Shay, who assumed the role of her mother but didn’t go easy on her.

“I ran her little butt,” Shay said in Prodigy. Even when 9-year-old Sha’Carri got tired, her mom didn’t let up. “You want to be great, right?” she reminded her. From there, Sha’Carri dove into track, joining teams in middle and high school, where her speed started turning heads, and the medals started coming in.

The siblings may compete in different events, but their athletic drive comes from the same roots. From wanting to be great, Richardson became one of the greatest of all time. The same grit that pushed Sha’Carri through wind sprints at age 9 now powers her brother through his intense throws training. And Calvin is on a similar trajectory, especially looking at their upbringing.