I ran the 100.4x1,200 and the some time 4x4 relay. Ran as soon as I got in school, that rarity.....a fast white kid. It didn't take me long to see the difference between us white kids and the black ones. All the fastest kids in central Cali were black.
Lemon King Delano...an Olympian
Tommie Smith....Lemoore an Olympian
Maxie Parks...Fresno an Olympian
Sam Davis Fresno....took third in the NCAA 100m, Fresno
Jerry West Corcoran...fastest 400 kid in the nation.
now add...
Ocie Early Tulare
Ken Thomas Hanford
Augusta Brown Redwood
Ernie Smith (Tommie's brother) Lemoore
I was a 10.2 yards guy, which is good....for a white guy.