>>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Kudos to USATF for affirming the monumental 400 hurdle race >>by Kerron Clement, a high school junior (!) from La Porte, Texas. His 49.77 at the Junior >>Olympics finally erases the legendary 49.8 (hand-timed) altitude mark by Shawnee Mission North's Bob >>Bornkessel at South Lake Tahoe during the final Olympic Trials of August 1968.
Finally? Bornkessel's record had already been erased a week earlier by Kenneth Ferguson's 49.38 in the World Juniors in Jamaica. Ferguson of course was second to Clement at Omaha in 49.83, which is also superior to Bornkessel's hand time. John Dye [EMAIL PROTECTED] DyeStat - the Internet home of high school track www.dyestat.com