USATF Announces 2021 Hall of Fame Courses | American Athletics

2021-12-08 10:33:47 By : Ms. Nancy Chen

Indianapolis - Olympic gold medalist and former U.S. record holder Michael Marsh, two-time world indoor champion Terrence Trammel, former world record holder and Olympic gold medalist Maxi Lang, Olympic silver medal Winner and former U.S. record holder Kathy McMillan and announcer Scott Davis were selected into the National Athletics Hall of Fame, the U.S. Athletics Team announced today. As part of the USATF annual meeting, the 2021 class consisting of two modern athletes, two veteran athletes and one contributor will be selected for the Legend Night in Orlando, Florida on December 5, 2021. After the induction ceremony, the souvenirs of the 2021 graduates will be delivered to the National Athletics Hall of Fame in the Armory of New York City.

MICHAEL MARSH was born: August 4, 1967. Had he not traveled to half of the country and changed his training team and coaches, Michael Marsh might never realize his potential, allowing him to win the California High School 200m Championship as part of the legendary Hawthorne 1985 Participated in the plan in 2009. Marsh is an excellent sprinter for the UCLA Bruins, but he won the NCAA's highest 100-meter bronze medal in 1987. In the second year, he ranked fourth in the college championships and then sixth in the Olympic trials, obtaining his substitute seat in the unfortunate 4x100m relay in Seoul, USA. In the fall of 1990, after he saw no improvement in the first two seasons after graduating from college, Marsh took up a stick and moved from the West Coast to Houston, where he met with St. Moni under the supervision of Tom Terez and Mike Goha. Train with the card track club. This move paid off almost immediately in 1991. He served as the anchor in the first round of the 4x100 World Championship in Tokyo. The United States won the gold medal in the final with a world record. Then came the major breakthrough. In the Mt. SAC relay race in April 1992, Marsh accelerated to his first time of less than 200 meters with a time of 9.93 in the 100 meters, and then at the beginning of May in Austin, Texas with a score of 19.94. The result broke his first score under 20 meters. Marsh won another relay seat with a fourth place in the 100-meter trial. He ranked second with a big PR of 19.86 in the 200-meter, second only to Michael Johnson. This is only five men in history. Performance is better at this point. In the four rounds of the 200-meter Barcelona Olympic Games, Marsh easily beat the US and Olympic records with a score of 19.73, which is only 0.01 less than the world record. Many observers believe that if he realized that he was so close, he could have easily broken the world record. Knowing that relaxation is the key to hard work, Marsh tried again in the final. "I relaxed a lot," he told Dave Johnson of Track and Field News, "I didn't even drive out of the block." He had to chase Namibia's Frank Fredericks and narrowly won at 20.01. In the first round of the 4x100 game, Marsh won another gold medal because the US team set a world record with a score of 37.40. As a finalist in the 1993 World Championship 200m and 1995 World Championship 100m, Marsh added a silver medal to his Olympic medal collection in the third round of the 4x100 in 1996. In 1995, he won the USATF 100m championship, which was the only American championship in his career. TERRENCE TRAMMELL was born: November 23, 1978, won the 1997 USATF Youth Championship with a 110-meter obstacle. This marked the beginning of the three-time Olympian Terence Trammell’s long career at the elite level. He will Won multiple medals in indoor and outdoor global championships. The 13.87 over the 42-inch barrier was the fourth fastest result ever for high school students at the time. Trammel attributed it to his preparatory coach Napoleon Cobb, who emphasized the good Technology. Trammell also has the best top flat speed ever in the hurdle world, which doesn't hurt. Earlier that year, Trammel set a national high school indoor record in a 60 million hurdle race. As a product of Southwest DeKalb High School in Decatur, Georgia, one of his teammates is the Olympic 400-meter hurdles gold medalist Angelo Taylor. Trammel was named High School Athlete of the Year by the Track and Field News. He is a precious recruit for the university. South carolina. The loss of football is the gain of the track, because Trammel has also been highly praised on the grill and has developed a keen interest in many of the strong projects of the sport. In the three years of playing in South Carolina, Trammell won the NCAA hurdle double championship twice, winning gold medals in 60 hours indoors and 110 hours outdoors in 1999 and 2000, respectively. After winning his first U.S. senior championship with a 60-hour victory in the USATF Indoor Championships, he also won 60m in the 2000 NCAA indoor competition. Together with Willie Gault, he became the only sprint/hurdle double in the history of NCAA competitions. Man. After that unforgettable season ended, Trammell won his first global medal with a silver medal in the 110H competition at the Sydney Olympics. Trammel chose to give up his fourth year of college and won the USATF Indoor 60H in 2001, and then won the first of his two gold medals in the tournament at the World Indoor Championships. In the next nine seasons, he won seven more medals, including the second Olympic silver medal in the 110H in 2004 and another world indoor gold medal in the 60H in 2006. Trammel eventually won three 110H World Championship silver medals in 2003, 2007 and 2009. He set an American record of 7.36 at the 2010 Doha World Indoor Championships and won the silver medal at the 2010 Doha World Indoor Championships. He broke the 13.00 mark twice in 110H, and finally achieved the best result of 12.95 in 2007. Finish. Coupled with his 6.45 PR in the 60 meters and the best result of 10.04 in the 200 meters, Trammel engraved his name in the book and became the best sprinter/hurdler of his time. As an advocate for athletes' rights, Trammell serves as the chairman of the USATF Alumni Association and participates in the work of the USATF Athlete Advisory Committee. He also owns a sportswear company and works with young athletes in speed development, track and field and football.

MAXEY LONG Born: October 16, 1878 Died: March 4, 1959 As the calendar shifted from the 19th century to the 20th century, Maxwell Washburn "Maxey" Long was the main quarter mile player on the world stage, three consecutive times Won the AAU championship for New York in the 440-yard track and field club from 1898 to 1900, and won the Olympic gold medal in Paris in 1900. Long also won 1899 AAU 220y and 1900 AAU 100y, and was the 1899 Columbia University IC4A 440y champion. Long’s fastest time, 440y, was 47.8 in 1900. This result has been the best result in the world for more than 15 years, but that year he was racing in Gutenberg in North Bergen, New Jersey. The field ran a straight line result of 47.0. Although some people later questioned the timing of this effort, it was not matched until 1915. In 1897, Long was a member of the NYAC 4x440y relay team, which set a world record of 3:21 2/5. Kathy McMillan (KATHY MCMILLAN) was born: November 7, 1957 Kathy McMillan (Kathy McMillan), who just graduated from Hawke County High School in North Carolina, created it at the 1976 AAU Championship on June 12 The American record for winning the women's long jump championship, spanning 6.78m/22-3, increased by more than seven inches to the current national record. A week later, she won the Olympic trials with a result that matched her record-breaking leap, albeit illegally helping the wind. In fact, all three of her legal jumps are enough to win. More than a month later, when the 18-year-old child prodigy made her Olympic debut in Montreal, her magic was even stronger. After finishing tenth in the qualifying round, he easily entered the final. McMillan opened with a foul, and then steadily improved in the next four attempts. In the fifth round, he won the silver medal with 6.66m/21-10.25, which was less than the gold medal. Three inches. As a precocious genius, McMillan represented the American team in international competitions for the first time as a high school student at the 1975 Pan American Games, where he won a bronze medal. She promoted it to a gold medal in 1979 and won a bronze medal at the IAAF World Cup. McMillan was supposed to participate in the Olympics for the second time after finishing second in the trials in 1980, but was blocked by the American boycott. In 1983, she won the Pan American Games gold medal for the second time in a row, ending her brilliant international career. Domestically, McMillan won two AAU outdoor gold medals (1976 and 1979) and two AAU indoor gold medals (1977 and 1979).

Date of Birth of Scott Davis: September 21, 1943 Date of Death: August 18, 2010 With his brilliant voice and commensurate personality, Scott Davis was born with cancer from the 1980s to 2010. He died young and has always been one of the top domestic and international track and field announcers. A clear and concise speaker can use his statistical background to break down the most complex track and field situations for fans in the stands. Davis also has a world-class sense of humor. His passion for the sport is shown in every game he announces, from his home game at his alma mater UCLA to the IAAF World Championships. Davis has served as the broadcaster of the Nike Prefontaine Classic for 21 years. In addition to holding positions in senior events, he has also served as the chief broadcaster of several IAAF World Youth and World Youth Competitions. He served as the chairman of Mt. SAC Relays for 20 years and also served as an announcer. Outside the stadium, Davis was the co-founder and chairman of the Federation of American Track and Field Statisticians (FAST) and served as the editor of the FAST annual magazine for 32 years. He was also the secretary general of ATFS, an international organization of statisticians, and helped found the American Track and Field Writers Association (TAFWA).

The National Athletics Hall of Fame is located in the New York City Armory Athletics Center and is the country’s prestigious sports hall of fame. The full list of members of the Hall of Fame is published online.

USA Track & Field (USATF) is the national regulatory agency for track and field, long-distance running and walking in the United States. USATF includes the world's oldest organized sports, some of the most watched Olympic events, the country's number one high school and junior high school participatory sports, and more than 30 million American adult runners. For more information about USATF, please visit www.usatf.org.