Tweet
Would you believe a school that would have a sub10.00 guy not on their all time 4x1 relay? Try...TCU! A school that has seen six former Horned Frogs run a sub10.00. Some countries can't..hmm...most countries can't say that. How about...
Jon Drummond
Percival Spenser
Darvis Patton
Ray Stewart
Michael Frater
Kim Collins
There was also...Phil Epps, Lindel Frater and Donovan Powell. All sub 10.20.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If we go back in history then it's all USC, with Olympians...
Howard Drew....first Afro American to hold a sprint WR, 1914.
Charles Paddock...WR holder
Frank Wykoff...WR holder
Mel Patton...WR holder
Lennox Miller
Don Quarrie
There was also....James Sanford, Clancy Edwards, James Gilkes, Payton Jordan and the fastest Trojan ever time wise.........Jeff Laynes???????? Yep, his 10.01 is the fastest time ever ran by a Trojan sprinter. Hard to believe but true. No sub10.00 Trojan!
O.J.Simpson was a legit 9.4 guy but doesn't really deserve mention here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Houston like all old former SWC schools has no ancient history in sprintdom. Same can be said about the SEC. We pick all those schools up in the 70's. The Cougars had the great Carl Lewis and Leroy Burrell, there was Oly 200m champ Joe DeLoach and Kirk Baptiste. Can't ignore NCAA Champ Sam Washington. Will mention Stanley Floyd when Auburn is talked about. He was more successful there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
Arizona State is a school you just don't think of when sprinting is mentioned, yet they need to be. Olympians Henry Carr, Dwayne Evans, Ron Brown, now add Travis Williams, Marcus Brunson, Jerry Bright, Charles Wells and J.D.Hill. This isn't about the 400 meters but I will mention it here because I think most aren't aware of the prowess this school has shown there. Try Olympians...Ron Freeman, Ulis Williams and Herm Frazier. Now add Maurice"43.1r" Peoples.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UTEP had a national caliber sprinter back in it's Texas Western days. That was Clyde Glosson a 9.2/20.5 guy. That also had the Williams brothers Zeak and Terry. Since then we've seen Chris "USA National Champ" Garpenborg, Harrington "NCAA Champ" Jackson, Erroll Stewart, Steve Williams, Howard Williams, Mike Fray, Jerome Deal, Oba Thompson, Olapade Adeniken and Churandy Martina. Steve Williams being more successful as a San Diego State Aztec. Which is not a USA sprint factory..ha!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
UCLA has had it's great sprinters starting with Panama's Lloyd LaBeach back in the 40's. He was one of the world's best. Then there was Hal Busby and Warren "NCAA Champ" Edmonson. Both 9.3 guys. There was Tom Jones a 200m NCAA champ and Olympic silver medalist in the 200m Millard Hampton. Of course the big Bruin studs were Ato Boldon and Mike Marsh. Henry Thomas also deserves mention. Like ASU, UCLA had a slew quartermilers, won't mention them however since they are well known.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Cliff Outlin a 9.3 cat was the first Auburn Tiger to make a splash on the national scene. Then here came Harvey Glance the first SEC sprinter to make an Olympic final. Now add...Coby Miller and Marc Burns. Stanley Floyd was the top ranked sprinter in 1980 despite not running in the Olympics.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Clemson is another school where...sprinters??? Oh hell yes! Try...Desai Williams, James Trapp, Michael Green, Dwight Thomas, Travis "NCAA Record Holder" Padgett and Olympic 200m champ Shawn Crawford.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Tennessee's first great sprinter was a cat who should be better known, he was around 6-4 and would be world ranked fourth in 1974, his name...Reggie Jones. The Vol's also had Leonard Scott, Olympian Sam Graddy, hurdler/sprinter Willie Gault, Terry "NCAA Champ" Scott and of course Justin Gatlin.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
The Gators of Florida can brag about Bernard Williams, Aaron Armstrong, John Capel and Dennis Mitchell. Willie Perry?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Cal is another school where it's pretty much "back in the day" with the great Hal Davis and Leamon King. They did have Olympians Eddie Hart and Atlee Mahorn the Canadian. There was also Isacc Curtis a 9.3 guy who like Graddy, Gault, Ron Brown,Travis Williams, Henry Carr, J.D.Hill and James Trapp ended up in the NFL.
Forrest Beatty was a great multi talented high school star who never clicked at the collegiate level for some reason.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Arkansas, Florida State, LSU and South Carolina have "finally" started showing some serious sprint prowess. It's about time!
Won't mention the SWAC/MEAC and those HBCU schools. Their days of recruiting talented sprinters appear pretty much over. What a shame. No more...Bob Hayes, Jimmy Hines, Stone Johnson, Steve Riddick, Jeff Williams, George Anderson We do see the once in awhile Jason Smoots out of North Carolina Central, but rare.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Can't leave this topic without once again returning to San Jose and "Speed City". As we know there is no track program at SJS anymore. If that's not a major bummer, I don't know what is. Here it is the list of sprinters that were "Speed City" from the late 50's to the early 70's.
Ray Norton...WR holder/Olympian
Dennis Johnson....WR holder/Olympian
Bobby Poynter
Tommie Smith...multi WR holder/Olympian
Lee Evans...WR holder/Olympian
Wayne Herman...9.4
Ben Griffin...9.4
Sam Davis...9.4
Kirk Clayton...9.3
Ronnie Ray Smith...WR holder/Olympian
Bill Gaines...9.3
John Carlos...WR holder/Olympian
Vince Breddell
Ken Thomas....10.0
Ron Whitaker...10.0
Jon Drummond
Percival Spenser
Darvis Patton
Ray Stewart
Michael Frater
Kim Collins
There was also...Phil Epps, Lindel Frater and Donovan Powell. All sub 10.20.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If we go back in history then it's all USC, with Olympians...
Howard Drew....first Afro American to hold a sprint WR, 1914.
Charles Paddock...WR holder
Frank Wykoff...WR holder
Mel Patton...WR holder
Lennox Miller
Don Quarrie
There was also....James Sanford, Clancy Edwards, James Gilkes, Payton Jordan and the fastest Trojan ever time wise.........Jeff Laynes???????? Yep, his 10.01 is the fastest time ever ran by a Trojan sprinter. Hard to believe but true. No sub10.00 Trojan!
O.J.Simpson was a legit 9.4 guy but doesn't really deserve mention here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Houston like all old former SWC schools has no ancient history in sprintdom. Same can be said about the SEC. We pick all those schools up in the 70's. The Cougars had the great Carl Lewis and Leroy Burrell, there was Oly 200m champ Joe DeLoach and Kirk Baptiste. Can't ignore NCAA Champ Sam Washington. Will mention Stanley Floyd when Auburn is talked about. He was more successful there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
Arizona State is a school you just don't think of when sprinting is mentioned, yet they need to be. Olympians Henry Carr, Dwayne Evans, Ron Brown, now add Travis Williams, Marcus Brunson, Jerry Bright, Charles Wells and J.D.Hill. This isn't about the 400 meters but I will mention it here because I think most aren't aware of the prowess this school has shown there. Try Olympians...Ron Freeman, Ulis Williams and Herm Frazier. Now add Maurice"43.1r" Peoples.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UTEP had a national caliber sprinter back in it's Texas Western days. That was Clyde Glosson a 9.2/20.5 guy. That also had the Williams brothers Zeak and Terry. Since then we've seen Chris "USA National Champ" Garpenborg, Harrington "NCAA Champ" Jackson, Erroll Stewart, Steve Williams, Howard Williams, Mike Fray, Jerome Deal, Oba Thompson, Olapade Adeniken and Churandy Martina. Steve Williams being more successful as a San Diego State Aztec. Which is not a USA sprint factory..ha!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
UCLA has had it's great sprinters starting with Panama's Lloyd LaBeach back in the 40's. He was one of the world's best. Then there was Hal Busby and Warren "NCAA Champ" Edmonson. Both 9.3 guys. There was Tom Jones a 200m NCAA champ and Olympic silver medalist in the 200m Millard Hampton. Of course the big Bruin studs were Ato Boldon and Mike Marsh. Henry Thomas also deserves mention. Like ASU, UCLA had a slew quartermilers, won't mention them however since they are well known.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Cliff Outlin a 9.3 cat was the first Auburn Tiger to make a splash on the national scene. Then here came Harvey Glance the first SEC sprinter to make an Olympic final. Now add...Coby Miller and Marc Burns. Stanley Floyd was the top ranked sprinter in 1980 despite not running in the Olympics.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Clemson is another school where...sprinters??? Oh hell yes! Try...Desai Williams, James Trapp, Michael Green, Dwight Thomas, Travis "NCAA Record Holder" Padgett and Olympic 200m champ Shawn Crawford.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Tennessee's first great sprinter was a cat who should be better known, he was around 6-4 and would be world ranked fourth in 1974, his name...Reggie Jones. The Vol's also had Leonard Scott, Olympian Sam Graddy, hurdler/sprinter Willie Gault, Terry "NCAA Champ" Scott and of course Justin Gatlin.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
The Gators of Florida can brag about Bernard Williams, Aaron Armstrong, John Capel and Dennis Mitchell. Willie Perry?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Cal is another school where it's pretty much "back in the day" with the great Hal Davis and Leamon King. They did have Olympians Eddie Hart and Atlee Mahorn the Canadian. There was also Isacc Curtis a 9.3 guy who like Graddy, Gault, Ron Brown,Travis Williams, Henry Carr, J.D.Hill and James Trapp ended up in the NFL.
Forrest Beatty was a great multi talented high school star who never clicked at the collegiate level for some reason.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Arkansas, Florida State, LSU and South Carolina have "finally" started showing some serious sprint prowess. It's about time!
Won't mention the SWAC/MEAC and those HBCU schools. Their days of recruiting talented sprinters appear pretty much over. What a shame. No more...Bob Hayes, Jimmy Hines, Stone Johnson, Steve Riddick, Jeff Williams, George Anderson We do see the once in awhile Jason Smoots out of North Carolina Central, but rare.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Can't leave this topic without once again returning to San Jose and "Speed City". As we know there is no track program at SJS anymore. If that's not a major bummer, I don't know what is. Here it is the list of sprinters that were "Speed City" from the late 50's to the early 70's.
Ray Norton...WR holder/Olympian
Dennis Johnson....WR holder/Olympian
Bobby Poynter
Tommie Smith...multi WR holder/Olympian
Lee Evans...WR holder/Olympian
Wayne Herman...9.4
Ben Griffin...9.4
Sam Davis...9.4
Kirk Clayton...9.3
Ronnie Ray Smith...WR holder/Olympian
Bill Gaines...9.3
John Carlos...WR holder/Olympian
Vince Breddell
Ken Thomas....10.0
Ron Whitaker...10.0
Comment