......at USA schools.....hmm?
If we had a 4x1 using foreign sprinters....
lane
1.USC...Lennox Miller..Guy Abrahams..Don Quarrie..James Gilkes
2.BYU...Leonard Miles...O.Kayode..Kenneth Andam...Frankie Fredericks
3.UTEP...Oba Thompson...Olapade Adeniken..Churandy Martina...Chris Garpenborg
4.TCU....Michael Frater..Kim Collins...Percival Spenser...Ray Stewart
5.Fresno State...Robert Foster...Rick Jones...Les Laing...Mike Agostini
6.Clemson...Mark McKoy...Dwight Thomas...Desai Williams...Michael Green
7.Texas Southern...Arnaldo Bristol...Moses Ugbisie...Ainsley Armstrong...Augustine Olobia
8.Nebraska...Keith Gardner...Leighton Preistley...Horace Levy...Lynwood Headley
9.ACU...Albert Lawrence...Greg Meghoo..Nic Alexander....Chris Van Wyk
When Jamaica blew the world away in 1952 by smashing the WR 4x4 record, three members of that team had been trained in the USA.
Les Laing....Fresno State
George Rhoden...Morgan State
Herb McKenley...Illinois
Arthur Wint..nope!
As we know Richard Thompson the current NCAA 100m champ is from Trinidad. LSU has also had Fabian Muyaba from Zimbabwe and Canada's Glenroy Gilbert who broke that 96 Oly 4x1 wide open.
Ato Boldon (UCLA) also from Trinidad is probably the most accomplished foriegn/USA trained sprinter not already mentioned. Yes I know he has little to do with Trinidad but he did run for them. Canada's great Harry Jerome starred at Oregon.
Then there's..
Tom Robinson has a stadium named after him in the Bahamas. He was a world ranked sprinter in the early 60's. Ran for Michigan. Hasley Crawford a Trini and the first Carib sprinter to win the Oly 100m attended Eastern Michigan. Chidi Imoh probably the first great Nigerian speedster (10.00) ran for Missouri. Panama's Lloyd LaBeach was one of top sprinters in the 40's he ran for UCLA/Wisconsin.Edwin Roberts an Olympic 200m bronze medalist in 64 was a Trini at NCC.Dennis Johnson was a multi WR holder out of Jamaica, one of the first of those great SJS sprinters.
Deserve Mention....
George Daneils...Ghana/Colorado
Derrick Atkins...Bahamas/Dickinson
Jean Louis Revelomantsoa...Madagascar/Westmont
Stan Allotey...Ghana/LA State
Victer Ednet...Nigeria/Missouri
The Ezinwa's...Nigeria/Azusa Pacific
Daneil Effiong...Nigeria/Lubbock
Errol Stewart...Jamaica/UTEP
Steve Mullings...Jamaica/Miss State
Sterling Hinds...Canada/Washington
Marc Burns...Trini/Auburn
Andrew Smith...Jamaica/TCU
I always wonder Powell/Bolt/Christie/Bailey/Surin/Borzov/Mennea/Nash/Wells/Hary/Obikwelu would have done if they had gone the route so many other foreign athletes went. Imagine Valery Borzov at UCLA or Usain Bolt at TCU.
Cuba has a bevy of world class sprinters going back to the days of Rafael Fortun in the 50's. Too bad none of them were allowed off the island. Freddy Mayola at Florida?
When it comes to the 400m, Oklahoma had a slew of Jamaicans. Avard Moncur and Chris Brown from the Bahamas ended up at Auburn and Norfolk State. We had Mel & Mal Spence two Jamaican Olympians at ASU. Bert Cameron and Greg Haugton were great Jamaicans at UTEP and George Mason. Then there's Wendell Mottley an Oly gold medalist out of Trini/Yale. Gabriel Tiacoh was a stud from the Ivory Coast, he ran for Washington State. Imgine Alberto Juantorena at Baylor...hmmm?
When Trinidad won the bronze at the 64 Oly in the 4x4 they ran...
Edwin Skinner...Maryland
Kent Bernard....Michigan
Edwin Robets....NCC
Wendell Mottley....Yale
I could be wrong but I'm thinking this was the first relay team to medal made up of foreign athletes who all attended a USA school.
If we had a 4x1 using foreign sprinters....
lane
1.USC...Lennox Miller..Guy Abrahams..Don Quarrie..James Gilkes
2.BYU...Leonard Miles...O.Kayode..Kenneth Andam...Frankie Fredericks
3.UTEP...Oba Thompson...Olapade Adeniken..Churandy Martina...Chris Garpenborg
4.TCU....Michael Frater..Kim Collins...Percival Spenser...Ray Stewart
5.Fresno State...Robert Foster...Rick Jones...Les Laing...Mike Agostini
6.Clemson...Mark McKoy...Dwight Thomas...Desai Williams...Michael Green
7.Texas Southern...Arnaldo Bristol...Moses Ugbisie...Ainsley Armstrong...Augustine Olobia
8.Nebraska...Keith Gardner...Leighton Preistley...Horace Levy...Lynwood Headley
9.ACU...Albert Lawrence...Greg Meghoo..Nic Alexander....Chris Van Wyk
When Jamaica blew the world away in 1952 by smashing the WR 4x4 record, three members of that team had been trained in the USA.
Les Laing....Fresno State
George Rhoden...Morgan State
Herb McKenley...Illinois
Arthur Wint..nope!
As we know Richard Thompson the current NCAA 100m champ is from Trinidad. LSU has also had Fabian Muyaba from Zimbabwe and Canada's Glenroy Gilbert who broke that 96 Oly 4x1 wide open.
Ato Boldon (UCLA) also from Trinidad is probably the most accomplished foriegn/USA trained sprinter not already mentioned. Yes I know he has little to do with Trinidad but he did run for them. Canada's great Harry Jerome starred at Oregon.
Then there's..
Tom Robinson has a stadium named after him in the Bahamas. He was a world ranked sprinter in the early 60's. Ran for Michigan. Hasley Crawford a Trini and the first Carib sprinter to win the Oly 100m attended Eastern Michigan. Chidi Imoh probably the first great Nigerian speedster (10.00) ran for Missouri. Panama's Lloyd LaBeach was one of top sprinters in the 40's he ran for UCLA/Wisconsin.Edwin Roberts an Olympic 200m bronze medalist in 64 was a Trini at NCC.Dennis Johnson was a multi WR holder out of Jamaica, one of the first of those great SJS sprinters.
Deserve Mention....
George Daneils...Ghana/Colorado
Derrick Atkins...Bahamas/Dickinson
Jean Louis Revelomantsoa...Madagascar/Westmont
Stan Allotey...Ghana/LA State
Victer Ednet...Nigeria/Missouri
The Ezinwa's...Nigeria/Azusa Pacific
Daneil Effiong...Nigeria/Lubbock
Errol Stewart...Jamaica/UTEP
Steve Mullings...Jamaica/Miss State
Sterling Hinds...Canada/Washington
Marc Burns...Trini/Auburn
Andrew Smith...Jamaica/TCU
I always wonder Powell/Bolt/Christie/Bailey/Surin/Borzov/Mennea/Nash/Wells/Hary/Obikwelu would have done if they had gone the route so many other foreign athletes went. Imagine Valery Borzov at UCLA or Usain Bolt at TCU.
Cuba has a bevy of world class sprinters going back to the days of Rafael Fortun in the 50's. Too bad none of them were allowed off the island. Freddy Mayola at Florida?
When it comes to the 400m, Oklahoma had a slew of Jamaicans. Avard Moncur and Chris Brown from the Bahamas ended up at Auburn and Norfolk State. We had Mel & Mal Spence two Jamaican Olympians at ASU. Bert Cameron and Greg Haugton were great Jamaicans at UTEP and George Mason. Then there's Wendell Mottley an Oly gold medalist out of Trini/Yale. Gabriel Tiacoh was a stud from the Ivory Coast, he ran for Washington State. Imgine Alberto Juantorena at Baylor...hmmm?
When Trinidad won the bronze at the 64 Oly in the 4x4 they ran...
Edwin Skinner...Maryland
Kent Bernard....Michigan
Edwin Robets....NCC
Wendell Mottley....Yale
I could be wrong but I'm thinking this was the first relay team to medal made up of foreign athletes who all attended a USA school.
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