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He broke Houston McTear's seven-year-old world record in the 60 metres in 1986, with a time of 6.50 seconds. [3] He also won Commonwealth gold at the 1986 games in Edinburgh, beating Linford Christie for the 100 metres title with a time of 10.07. Johnson also led the Canadian 4x100 metres relay team to gold, and won a bronze in the 200 metres.
Record Athlete High School Name High School Location Meet Location Meet Name Date Ref 100 y: 9.30 (+0.9 m/s) Houston McTear: Baker High School Baker, Florida: Winter Park, Florida: FHSAA State Meet (prelim) May 9, 1975 [2] 100 m: 10.00 (+1.6 m/s) Trentavis Friday: Cherryville High School: Cherryville, North Carolina: Eugene, Oregon: USATF ...
For record purposes, older athletes are not included in younger age groups, except in the case of relay team members. A relay team's age group is determined by the age of the youngest member. There are two categories of relay records, one for composite teams made up of four American runners usually National teams at major championships, and a ...
Benjamin Washington Johnson (1914–1992) was an American sprinter who was considered a serious rival to Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens.Known as the "Columbia Comet", Johnson was the United States champion at 100 yards in 1938, but injuries and the outbreak of the Second World War denied him a chance to compete in the Olympics.
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Results from this year's Vermont high school decathlon state championships at Burlington's D.G. Weaver Athletic Complex. ... Brueck also toppled event records in the 400-meter dash (59.04 seconds ...
The following progression of low-altitude records therefore starts with Hines's low-altitude "record" when the IAAF started to recognise only electronic timing in 1977, and continues to Lewis's low-altitude performance that equalled the high-altitude world record in 1987. (Ben Johnson's 9.95 run in 1986 and 9.83 run in 1987 are omitted.)
According to Matens, she set a new record during the race as the only woman in the 105-109 age group to run the 100-meter dash. Gold medal-winning sprinter who took up running at 100 dies at 108 ...