Jim Hines First Man to Break Sub 10 in the 100m

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I remember in 1964, I was a sophomore in high school and we were at the West Coast Relays. In those days, the West Coast Relays was the biggest relays going. There were more world records broken at Ratcliffe Stadium than on any track in the world. I can still remember vividly being on the inside of the track at about the 50 yard line when the the high school 100 yard dash final went down at dusk. Jim Hines was of the power house track team of McClymonds High School, Oakland, CA. At the 50 yard line Jim Hines threw it into high gear, pumping his head to and fro, trying to get an edge on the rest of the field. His speed seemed unwordly to me as he won in 9.4 seconds. I remember his time equalling Jesse Owens' high school world record that was over 30 years old. The Ratcliffe Stadium track was still on cinder, not to be rubberized until a year later. When Jim broke the world record of 9.95 secs in the 100m at the 1968 Olympics it stood for a full 15 years. I can't help but notice that some people nowadays seem to have a disdain for what was done years ago. They need to understand that all of this had to have come before, in order for things to have gotten to what's happening today. It's really true, that things are built on the backs of giants. Jim Hines was truly a giant when it was all still just an amateur sport with no real money for athletics.