If you put together all-time teams for each state, how would they rate? I'm sure California is an easy #1, and the next few would probably be Texas, Florida, and New York.
State affiliation would be determined by high school. Three athletes per event, one all-star team per relay.
Here's my state, Ohio:
100--Jesse Owens, Harrison Dillard, George Simpson
200--Owens, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Drayon
400--Butch Reynolds, Glenn Davis, Jim Gordon
800--Dave Wottle, Mark Sylvester, Todd Black
1500--Wottle, Tom Byers, Reggie McAfee
Steeple--Mark Croghan, Sid Sink, Ricky Pittman
5k--Bob Kennedy, Bob Schul, Sid Sink
10k--John Gutnecht, Bob Kennedy, Scott Fry
Marathon--Ted Corbitt,
110H--Willie Davenport, Harrison Dillard, Jack Keller
400H--Edwin Moses, Tranel Hawkins, Glenn Davis
4x100--Owens, Jefferson, Dillard, Simpson
4x400--Reynolds, Davis, Gordon, Andrew Pierce
HJ--Dave Albritton, Robert King, Mel Walker
PV--Edward Cooke, Tim Mack,
LJ--Owens, William DeHart Hubbard, Joe Greene
TJ--Walter Ashbaugh, Milan Tiff, Robert Cannon
SP--
DT--Dave Andersson, Jim Dillion
HT--Clarence Childs, Jud Logan,
JT--
Decathlon--Aric Long,
20k Walk--Jack Mortland,
State affiliation would be determined by high school. Three athletes per event, one all-star team per relay.
Here's my state, Ohio:
100--Jesse Owens, Harrison Dillard, George Simpson
200--Owens, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Drayon
400--Butch Reynolds, Glenn Davis, Jim Gordon
800--Dave Wottle, Mark Sylvester, Todd Black
1500--Wottle, Tom Byers, Reggie McAfee
Steeple--Mark Croghan, Sid Sink, Ricky Pittman
5k--Bob Kennedy, Bob Schul, Sid Sink
10k--John Gutnecht, Bob Kennedy, Scott Fry
Marathon--Ted Corbitt,
110H--Willie Davenport, Harrison Dillard, Jack Keller
400H--Edwin Moses, Tranel Hawkins, Glenn Davis
4x100--Owens, Jefferson, Dillard, Simpson
4x400--Reynolds, Davis, Gordon, Andrew Pierce
HJ--Dave Albritton, Robert King, Mel Walker
PV--Edward Cooke, Tim Mack,
LJ--Owens, William DeHart Hubbard, Joe Greene
TJ--Walter Ashbaugh, Milan Tiff, Robert Cannon
SP--
DT--Dave Andersson, Jim Dillion
HT--Clarence Childs, Jud Logan,
JT--
Decathlon--Aric Long,
20k Walk--Jack Mortland,
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