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Former World Record Holder and Flying Tiger great Jim Hines will be honored during the opening ceremonies Saturday.

About Jim Hines:

According to an Arizona podiatrist named Wendell W. Rote Jr., all the best sprinters are pigeontoed. Dr. Rote claims to have done considerable re earch in the subject. "It's simply a matter of physics," he explains. "Those who are pigeon-toed generate a line of thrust which is directly forward. They are 100% efficient in utilizing the power in their legs."

So much for science. Texas Southern's Jim Hines, 20, is not the least bit pigeon-toed?in fact, he's just a little duck-footed, and it may be a good thing. If he were 100% efficient, there is no telling how fast he could run. Three times last winter Hines tied the indoor world record of 5.9 sec. in the 60-yd. dash. Last month, in the 100-yd. dash at Houston's Southwestern Athletic Conference meet, he got off to a so-so start, still was timed in 9.1 sec.?equaling the world record set by Bob Hayes in 1963. Two weeks later in Modesto, Calif., he was again a little slow getting out of the blocks, but tied the world mark of 10 sec. for 100 meters. No official bothered to clock Jim for the first 100 yds. of that race, but two coaches with stop watches did. One caught him 8.9 sec., the other in 9 sec. flat.

Tying world records seems to be Jim Hines's fate?so far. When he was a senior at McClymonds High School in Oakland, Calif. Hines tied Jesse Owens' 31-year-old schoolboy mark of 9.4 sec. for 100 yds. That earned him a $1,200-a-year scholarship to Texas Southern. But when Hines first turned out for track at T.S.U., Coach Stan Wright was appalled: "Jim's starts were awful. He didn't concentrate."

Now, three years later, Wright calls Hines "the best sprinter I've ever coached." Jim himself thinks he can break four world records (100 yds., 100 meters, 220 yds. and 200 meters) this summer. He showed why last week when, on a slow track at the Los Angeles Coliseum, he beat San Jose State's Tommie Smith, the 220-yd. world recordholder (at 20 sec. flat) by three yards in 20.5 sec.

Next year, of course, the Olympics. After that, Hines figures to add a few pounds to his 6-ft. 1-in., 180-lb. frame and play pro football?although he has not tried on a helmet since he was a senior in high school. He is already counting the bonus he intends to collect: "Somewhere between $200,000 and $250,000."

courtesy Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843893,00.html?promoid=googlep
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The world's fastest sprinter in the 1960's was James Raymond Hines of Texas Southern University. In a span of five months, he participated in three world records and won two Olympic Gold Medals. Hines was the first runner to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters. His world record 9.99 won at the AAU Nationals on June 20, 1968 , in Sacramento . On October 14 in Mexico City , he clocked an electrifying 9.95 to win the Olympics. Hines' second Gold came in the 4x100 meter relay as the USA set a world record 38.2 seconds. Both world marks stood the test of time: Hines' 100 for 20 years, the relay for 16. As a junior under Coach Stan Wright at TSU in 1967, he tied Jesse Owens' world record of 9.1 in the 100-yard dash. Hines was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.
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the band fan said:
I will be on the bus wearing a warm-suit....5-10 :lmao:

how were the relays this year?
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I had a ball. Su's men team is damn good, but the women's team.... I hope they are paying there own tuition!

Didn't take any pics but if track was a more televised sport it would be #1 at primetime just because of the women's uniforms:sperm: :sperm: :sperm: :sperm:
 
juggarnaut91 said:
I had a ball. Su's men team is damn good, but the women's team.... I hope they are paying there own tuition!

Didn't take any pics but if track was a more televised sport it would be #1 at primetime just because of the women's uniforms:sperm: :sperm: :sperm: :sperm:
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LORD!!!!!!!!

Who you telling.......Grambling had a few sisters that had me :retard: ...And that tall stallion on Alcorn relay team:ebrow: .

Yes, I love the TSU Relays
 
March 25, 2007, 5:47AM
TSU RELAYS HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK
Hastings breaks out in 1,600 relayhttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4659374.html
Staten's anchor leg just enough to edge Lancaster

By SAM KHAN JR.
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

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Can't dodge the chores

Wheatley's Dominique Duncan won the 100-meter dash, but not without an amusing call by the meet announcer.

Her father, former TSU assistant track coach Clyde Duncan Jr., was the announcer Saturday. Upon Dominique's victory, with a time of 11.99 seconds, Duncan said, "She still has to take out the trash when she gets home."

"That was a little embar-rassing," Dominique said.
 
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