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The 100-yard dash is a track and field sprint event of 100 yards (91.44 metres). It was part of the Commonwealth Games until 1970 , and was included in the triathlon of the Olympics in 1904 . It is not generally used in international events, replaced by the 100-metre sprint (109.36 yards).
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 Junior Championships
In 1974, he ran the fastest 100-yard dash with manual timing of 9.0 seconds, a record he still holds. [3] This was deemed at the time by the Los Angeles Times as "Immortality in 9 Seconds Flat", [ 4 ] and he was quickly tagged with the title the world's fastest man by Track and Field News [ 5 ] who put him on their June 1974 cover.
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Tolan attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit where he was an outstanding football player and sprinter. While at Cass Tech, Tolan set state records in the 100 and 220-yard dashes. [5] While still in high school, Tolan ran the 100-yard dash in 9.8 seconds and the 220-yard dash in 21.5 seconds. [6]
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When converted into automatic timing (10.14 seconds) it ranked as the fastest 100 metres in school history. His times of 9.21 seconds for the 100-yard dash and 20.14 seconds for 220-yard dash set records for Memorial Stadium. He also won four events (100, 220, 440 relay and mile relay) at the Southwest Conference meet.
And just 24 hours later, the Strake Jesuit sprinter received an award as the top track athlete in Houston.