Tyree Washington Retires (or not)

[nevetsllim]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4796455.stm

[79.]

Tyree was a superb athlete, very representative of the fantastic US 400M
tradition.
His incredible talent should have made him belong to the rarissim sub-44"
club.
We shall never forget this Lord of the 400m !
RESPECT.

[Jaack]

Tyree was a superb athlete, very representative of the fantastic US 400M
tradition.
His incredible talent should have made him belong to the rarissim sub-44"
club.
We shall never forget this Lord of the 400m !
RESPECT.

Ah crap, he's a great athlete! I was convinced he;d be in Helsinki last year as a wild card as I believed him to be reigning champion and was shocked to hear that he was never given the title. He was just unlucky with injury and to have an event with such strength in his home nation! A great talent!

[tlb747]

I say the best quarter-miler in U.S. history not to make the Summer Olympics.

[gh]

Note that he ran 47.02 (to win) at Northridge a couple of weekends ago.

[aromero146]

ran 46.67 at Ben Brown Invite, and 21.00 at RCC just last Friday.

[gh]

I say the best quarter-miler in U.S. history not to make the Summer Olympics.

In that event maybe: the best quartermiler in the history of the solar system not to make the Olympics in that event is one Tommie C. Smith. (Still not convinced that in an idealized head-to-head match Smith wouldn't beat anybody who ever lived, including MJ.)

[TrackCEO]

Here's my live call (on my 2004 Trials blog) of Tyree's semifinal in Sacramento:

July 12, 2004
Men's 400 semi: Heat 2
San Diegan Tyree Washington in lane 1 has work cut out. He missed training in May with injury. Acuff misses. Gun up. Field is called up. No false start. Waller misses. Winner is Jeremy Wariner at 44.81, second is Andrew Rock at 44.97, third is Calvin Harrison at 44.98 and final finalist is Jerry Harris at 45.07. Waller clears 6-6 on last try! Tyree Washington was 6th or 7th off final turn, fades. No Athens for Paris silver medalist.

K E N

[Gleason]

gh wrote:

In that event maybe: the best quartermiler in the history of the solar system not to make the Olympics in that event is one Tommie C. Smith. (Still not convinced that in an idealized head-to-head match Smith wouldn't beat anybody who ever lived, including MJ.)[/quote]

I agree. From the time that I saw him in the 1963 California State meet in Berkeley where he ran 100, 440 & 4x220 plus the Long Jump, it was clear that he was special. When I worked at T&FN 1965- 1967 I was in Grad School at San Jose State. I saw him & Lee Evans from afar when I was jogging. I even took an undergraduate class (Military History) with him.

T&FN staff saw many of his meets. Had he run in the pro era, I suspect that he would have run 43.5 & 19.5 at Sea Level in the 1970s on a good synthetic track such as at Eugene.

[79.]

In the sixties, Robert PARIENTE, the famous French T&F historian, asked
Tommie SMITH's legendary coach, Bud WINTER, about his 400m limits:
He was answered a fabulous 42"5 !!! Yes, a crazy 42"5!!!...

[26mi235]

gh or Nevetsllim should edit the title so that is has someting like
[or Not]

[tandfman]

45.79 for Tyree at UCLA today.

[aromero146]

Also ran 20.87 for 200 last week

[dakota]

Good to see he's enjoying his retirement. Lots of people struggle to keep busy!

[Jacksf]

20.76 200m at Mt. Sac. Relays
Is he retired or not!?