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100 m of 1968 AAU championship
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100 m of 1968 AAU championship
I want to know the details of 100 m of AAU Championships in 1968.
Last edited by The Night of Speed on Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:14 am, edited 6 times in total.
Re: 100 m of 1968 AAU championship
Semi-final 1
w +1.8miles/hour = +0.80meters/second 1 Jim Hines 9.9/10.03 New WR. Then came his 9.95 in Mexico City.
1968
F: 100 meters; S/F: 8/8; D: 20 JUN; W: +7.4 mph 1. Charles Greene 10.0w 2. James Hines 10.0w 3. Lennox Miller (JAM) 10.1w (10.0) 4. Roger Bambuck (FRA) 10.1w (10.0) 5. Ronnie Ray Smith 10.1w (10.0) 6. Mel Pender 10.1w (10.0) *Places 3-6 were timed in 10.0, but were given 10.1 officially in reference to the Bulova timer. Heat 1: Hines 9.8w, RR Smith [2] 10.0w [+6.2 mph]. Heat 2: Pender 10.0w [+6.2 mph]. Heat 3: Miller 9.9w, Bill Gaines [2] 10.0w [+6.0 mph]. Heat 4: Greene 10.0 =AR,=WR; Bambuck 10.0 =ER,=WR. Semi-final 1 [+1.8 mph]: Hines 9.9 {10.03} MR,AR,WR; RR Smith [2] 9.9 {10.14} MR,CR,AR,WR; Pender [3] 10.0; Larry Questad [4] 10.0; Kirk Clayton [5] 10.0; Ernie Provost [6] 10.0. Semi-final 2 [+1.9 mph]: Greene 9.9 {10.10} =MR,=AR,=WR; Miller [2] 10.0; Bambuck [3] 10.0 =WR. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Gaines and Larry Questad were the others in the final.
Provost is from a multi-generation family of fast San Francisco sprinters. In the mid-60s, he was a multiple sprint champ for Washington High School in the San Francisco section of the CIF, which was and is, in effect, a glorified "League meet," the winner qualifying directly to the State meet. Still, he was fast enought to finish as high as 2nd and 3rd in the State meet finals in the 100 & 220 in 1965. Before his part in the 1968 Sacramento night of speed, I think he competed for City College of San Francisco. After Sacramento, ?
Special run-off race
Wind ? 1 Kirk Clayton 10.0 2 Jim Green 10.1 3 Mickey Matthews 10.2 4 Earl Harris 10.3 5 Ernie Provost 10.3 6 Andy Hopkins 10.2 ! 7 Orin Richburg 10.3 Last edited by The Night of Speed on Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:32 am, edited 3 times in total.
I grew up down the street from Washington High. I heard about Ollie Matson and Johnny Mathis as famous track alumni, but never a word about Ernie Provost.
now recall a previous thread where a 9.9 hand time from Eddie Hart is postulated as likely worth a 10.4 ...
The point being? Eugene had notoriously poor hand timing. The Sacramento timing in '68 was about average (poor) to slightly better than average (still not good).
thanks for making my point.. (i.e. not a .3sec difference)
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i thought that was the consensus opinion, i e 10.20+ auto
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Night of speed asked -
Then, was there airing on TV? I think so - I have seen video of the Hines 9.9 and the final. The final appeared (slightly bizarrely) on a UK tv documentary on the Doors - sprinting to the Jim Morrison lyric of "5 to 1, 1 in 5, no-one here gets out alive")
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I think I've seen auto times for all those Sacramento races. I forget where--maybe a Quercetani book? I'll see if I can find it. The hand-timing was probably pretty much like all hand timing. Of course you can use the likes of Greene and Hines as a benchmark--we KNOW how fast they were.
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