Greetings, all
Buried in the results of last weekend's Modesto Relays is this intriguing 100:
Men 100 Meter Dash MASTERS
Name Year School Finals Wind
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1 Kevin Morning Unattached 11.25 2.8
2 Greg Turner Unattached 11.35 2.8
3 Eddie Hart Unattached 11.47 2.8
4 Peter Grimes Unattached 11.59 2.8
5 J. Smith Unattached 11.73 2.8
6 Calvin Carter Unattached 13.33 2.8
7 Martin Adamson Unattached 14.18 2.8
8 Benson Ford Unattached 14.61 2.8
-- Hubert Evans Unattached DNF 2.8
If this is THE Eddie Hart of Munich fame (or infamy), we're talking some incredible
sprinting. Eddie just turned 55!
Here's Eddie's bio on Mirko's site:
http://www.tilastopaja.net/db/atm.asp?ID=11865
For you youngsters, here's a summary (copied from Web) of Eddie's Olympic nightmare:
Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson had both been timed at 9.9 sec in the US trials and were
regarded as the only men capable of beating the great Russian Valery Borzov. All three
won their first-round heats in the morning, but there was no sign of Hart or Robinson
as the 4.15pm start time approached for the second round.
Their coach, Stan Wright, working from an 18-month-old preliminary schedule, thought
their races were at 7pm and Robinson was just leaving the village three-quarters of a
mile from the track when he saw on an ABC-TV monitor the very heat in which he was
supposed to be running. Only the third and least fancied American, Robert Taylor,
arrived in time for his heat. He went on to finish second in the final behind Borzov,
who won the gold in 10.14 sec.
Me again:
11.47 (albeit wind-aided) is amazing for M55. The listed world record is 11.57 by
Briton Ron Taylor in 1991. Eddie is not a stranger to masters (except for past 10
years). He ran a 10.87 for an American M40 record in 1989.
If Eddie is in fact back, welcome, Champ! Keep on trackin'
Ken Stone
http://www.masterstrack.com
