ben johnson's high school times

[Track_man]

@Charlie_Francis

They seldom had electronic timing in HS meets then so he had only one that I remember (as listed) but he won Mansfield Relays in 11.1 (as it turns out that was run from the 110m hurdles line on a freezing day) to win by a city block. He ran 10.31 wa at Nationals in his junior year and in the summer of his last HS yr he ran 10.25 legal at the World Cup trials in Venezuela.
As for Atlee, he won a medal at the World Champs at 200m in 1991 in Tokyo and still holds the Canadian record of 20.17, set into a strong headwind there. He’s an investment banker now and recently moved back from Florida to take a position at TD Wealth Management in Toronto. Ange press-ganged Atlee into giving us a hand at our community May fair track meet. He was also elected to the Board or Athletics Canada recently.

Interesting. I was looking at eliteyouth.com and walter dix was running 11.2-11.3 I believe as a 14 year old and Tyson gay was running 21.5 in his senior year, impressive… but not so exceptional.

Though Ben’s 10.31!? junior year?? 16 years old? I know wind aided, but unless thats like 4-5m/s wind, then thats monstrous.