ben johnson's high school times

[Charlie_Francis]

@Track_man

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.

It was 3.1 (as I remember) at the 1980 Oly Trials and he was 18 (HS used to be 5 yrs in Ontario but is now 4 yrs as in most places).