Wharton was an all-round sportsman - in 1886, he set a then world record of 10 seconds for a 100 yard sprint in the AAA championship.

And in 1919 he won the gold medal in the Ontario Swimming Championships in the twenty yard sprint.

As a student at Northwestern University, Golliday was USA champion in the 100 yard sprint in 1951.

In 1954 he ran in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver and won a bronze medal in the 220 yard sprint.

Thirty-five was upon him in a heartbeat, and forty on its heels, the marathon he'd thought he was running in his youth mysteriously became a hundred yard sprint.

Boon was a quick runner, representing Wales at the 220 yard sprint, and was an excellent drop kicker.

At the "Saints", Smith won the 100 yard sprint in the club's annual sports day, encouraging the directors to believe that they had signed the right player.

Wearne finished third in the 220 yard sprint behind fellow Australians Decima Norman and Jean Coleman.

Like a rabbit mesmerized by a snake, she could no more move away than she could hope to win a fifty yard sprint.

While Seagren was unable to win the 100 yard sprint, he did score two points, and his win in the half-mile race gave him a further ten.