For years, the number loomed over California sprinting like an unbreakable code: 40 seconds. Close calls came and went. Legendary programs flirted with it. Long Beach Poly’s 40.14 in 1999 and their ...
Just a year earlier, at the COVID-delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo, Australia entered the women’s 800-meter freestyle relay as the favorite. More, there was discussion about the first sub-7:40 ...