Lee McRae
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American sprinter
Nationality
United States
United StatesBorn (1966-01-17) January 17, 1966 (age 60)
Pembroke, North Carolina, U.S.
SportTrack & Field
College teamPittsburgh Panthers
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1966-01-17) January 17, 1966 (age 60) Pembroke, North Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track & Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Pittsburgh Panthers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lee McRae (born January 23, 1966) is a retired track and field athlete from the United States who won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres at the 1987 Pan American Games. Lee won three consecutive NCAA indoor national championships (1986–1988) in the 55 meters and the 1986 NCAA Outdoor National Championship in the 100 meters while at the University of Pittsburgh. As a sophomore at Pitt in 1986, he broke Carl Lewis's 55 meter indoor world record by finishing in 6.00 seconds.[1]
A native of Pembroke, North Carolina, McRae attended West Robeson High School.[2]
- 60 yd — 5.99
- 55 m — 6.00 (Former World Record)
- 60 m — 6.50 (Former World Record)
- 100 m — 10.07 (Universiade record)
- 200 m — 20.50/20.44w
References
- ↑ Hersch, Hank (1987-05-18). "Number one at the gun". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 66, no. 20. New York, NY: Time, Inc. pp. 64–65. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ↑ Locklear, Mark (23 February 2009). "Lee McRae former "Rams" running back". Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- Lee McRae at World Athletics
- Profile
- The International Track and Field Annual 1987/8 (ISBN 0-671-69917-2)
World Indoor Champions in men's 60 metres | |
|---|---|
|
|
World University Games champions in men's 100 metres | |
|---|---|
|
   | This biographical article about an American sprinter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |