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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.
Official world record, without starting blocks Jesse Owens: 1933 9.4 Equalled world record, set US high school record Mel Patton: 1948 9.3 Official world record James Jackson Alameda High School, Alameda, California, 1954 9.4 Equalled US high-school record Ken Irvine: 1961 9.3 Equalled professional 100-yard world record Harry Jerome: 1962 9.2
Jesse Owens, Ohio State - 10.2 seconds (new world record) 2. Foy Draper, USC 3. Sam Stoller, Michigan 4. Adrian Talley, USC 5. Harvey Wallender, Texas 6. George Boone, USC 110-meter high hurdles 1. Forrest Towns, Georgia - 14.3 seconds 2. Dan Caldemeyer, Indiana 3. Sam Klopstock, Stanford 4. Roy Staley, USC 5. Dick Kearns, Colorado 6. Jack ...
The horse is needed to race against Jesse Owens, Olympic Champion.” Berlin, 1936: Jesse Owens of the USA in action in the men’s 200 meter at the Summer Olympic Games. Owens won four gold medals.
Jesse Owens may have had the most impressive 45-minutes any collegiate athlete experienced in 1935. #GoBucks
Ohio State's Jesse Owens won championships in four individual events—the 100-yard sprint, the 220-yard sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles, and the broad jump (now called the long jump). Owens accounted for 40 of Ohio State's 40 + 1 ⁄ 5 points in the team scoring, with pole vaulter John Wonsowicz contributing the remaining one-fifth of a point ...
The former Ohio State track star was born on Sept. 12, 1913.
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.