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Owens first came to national attention when he was a student of East Technical High School in Cleveland; he equaled the world record of 9.4 seconds in the 100 yards (91 m) dash and long-jumped 24 feet 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (7.56 m) at the 1933 National High School Championship in Chicago.
He set the New Jersey high school record in 1933 with a long jump of 24 feet 4.25 inches (7.42 m) that was on the books for 44 years until Renaldo Nehemiah jumped 24 feet 11 inches (7.59 m) [2] He became a rival to Jesse Owens in many sprinting competitions. He broke the high school record in the long jump the same day it was bettered by Owens.
The Jesse Owens Story is a 1984 American two-part, four-hour [1] made-for-television [2] biographical film about the black athlete [3] Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood [4] plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more. [5]
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Yards Name High School Class Years; 1 13,719 Stone Saunders Bishop MDevitt 5A 2021-24 2: 13,567: Alex Erby: Steel-High: 1A: 2020-2023: 3: 11,084: Brett Brumbaugh: South Fayette
The school, when it opened on October 5, 1908, was the first public trade school in the city and reported to be only one of five in the United States. The first principal was James F. Barker (1906–1911) from Muskegon, Michigan. In 1952, East Technical merged with Central High School.
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He identified the students as 15-year-old Katelyn Owens, John W. Mosely, 18, and Jeffrey D. Worrell, 18. High school teacher Dave Kennat, 56, and parents Kristy Gaynor, 39, and Shannon Wigfield ...