White HS sprinters trivia

[Jacksf]

Who are the best white HS sprinters of recent times?
I am not an expert on HS track, but some names come to mind....

Casey Combest
Forest Beatty
Wayne Johnson
Matt Bruno
Chip Rish
Anthony Tufariello
Jeremy Wariner

Any others come to mind?

[basehead617]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

casey combest, in terms of potential

[jhc68]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

Forest Beatty was a real race horse. Four decades ago he was peerless at 200 meters. A couple of years later Steve Caminiti (best known as a hurdler)and Freddie Kuller were very quick. Unfortunately for them there were a couple of other kids at the California State Meet named Hines and McCollough.

[bigfish]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

Darly Newman of the Fresno area. Think he was the last white guy to defeat Bob Hayes.

[highjumpfan]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

Joe Galeano, great hurdler from Long Island.

[jhc68]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

Newman was cool ! Anyone know what became of the guy?

[satch400]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

good trivia question. Last pale sprinter to hold national HS record? In 400 may be DAVE MILLS , Lakewood Ohio.Did FORREST BEATTY have 2oo record? 100 m , no idea, must have been long ago.

[Jacksf]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

I think anthony Tufariello may have held the 400m record back when he was running in the late 70's....but not sure.
I know Casey Combest holds the 60m indoor HS record, and I think Beatty tied the HS 100y dash record.
Someone else may be able to verify all this.

[highjumpsteve]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

>good trivia question. Last pale sprinter to hold national HS record? In 400 may
>be DAVE MILLS , Lakewood Ohio.Did FORREST BEATTY have 2oo record? 100 m , no
>idea, must have been long ago.

Beaty ( let's all spell it right, please) ran 20.2 for 220 on the straight which I do believe was a new HS record.

[BillVol]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

Was Combest that good? And why did he not realize his potential? Injury?

[Bigblue86]

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Joe Galeno was a good sprinter, a great hurdler, and a darn good high jumper. It's too bad his screwed up his life the way he did.

[Jacksf]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

When was he in high school?
WHat do you mean about him screwing up his life?

[Jacksf]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

re: Casey Combest

Apparently he couldn't adjust to being away from home. I think his grades weren't good enough for a major university, so he went to a Junior College in the south, and then dropped out and went home and got a job.
This is only a few years ago. I think he's about 22yrs. old. There was talk of a comeback last indoor season, but I am only aware of him running one race last year.
What a shame......

[satch400]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

from INDY, Clyde PEACH.

[basehead617]

Re: White HS sprinters trivia

Re Casey Combest:

Here's a good article about him from last year:

http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports ... 367746.htm

was he that good? 6.57 60m high school record which still stands (from 3/14/99).. you be the judge..

im not sure of his 100m PR but i know he had a FAT 10.2x in the following outdoor season, and a 10.1 hand timed. fast white boy!