a little history, a little humor

Edwin Moses

Hurdler for the Ages

A two-time Olympic gold medalist and holder of the amazing streak of 122 consecutive races without a loss (400 IH) and a world record of 47.02. He was awarded the 1983 Sullivan award as the nation’s top amateur athlete

     A 3.5 student in physics at Morehouse College where he graduated, Edwin was 6-2 with a 37-inch inseam and a great work ethic.  He was one of only seven athletes worldwide serving on the International Olympic Committee; elected captain of the 1984 Olympic track and field team; selected as the athlete to take the Olympic oath during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games opening ceremonies

  … At the 1983 Helsinki World Cup Moses’ shoelace came untied down the backstretch, but he won despite its lashing the hurdles and his legs. “You could have stepped on it and tripped yourself,” said a frantic journalist. Moses, the mathematician, was embarrassed for him. “My stride is nine feet. To trip, I’d have to have a shoelace 10-feet long.”

–“Speed to Burn” by Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated, July 22, 1992

Lynn Graham…Seven national titles!

Fresno CC

USA Nationals MR; ’71 Pan Am Champion

1964 Olympic Trials: 2^nd 44-10½

1965 USA Nationals: Indoors-1^st American; Outdoors-1^st 47-7

1966 USA Nationals: Outdoors-1^st 47-11¾; 1967 Indoors-1^st;

1969 USA Nationals:  Outdoors-1^st 48-11¾

1968 Olympic Trials: 2^nd 46-0½

1970: USA Nationals: Outdoors-1^st 49-10;

1971: USA Nationals: Outdoors-1^st 52-0*MR;

Pan Am Games (Cali, Colombia) 1^st 51-8½ (15.76m)

1972 Olympic Trials: 2^nd 50-2½

1983-Fresno CC: CVC conf. meet-2^nd 47-3; State-3^rd 44-1¼

Personal: Graham began throwing in 1963 with the help of Olga Connolly,

five-time Olympian (Czechoslovokia/USA); Graham: Ht/Wt: 5-10½ / 195 lbs.

*Research assist from Ken Dose; “Quick Young Ladies of Quality” by John Lovesy, Sports Illustrated, April 19, 1965