1. Claude Bracey competed for the United States at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and won the 100-yard and 220-yard sprints at the 1928 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships.
15 Facts About Claude Bracey
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Claude Bracey was so fast that rival sides would quarrel over who which side would have him.
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Claude Bracey gained prominence as a runner at Humble High.
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Claude Bracey competed in intercollegiate track for the Rice Owls from 1927 to 1930 and for the United States at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
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In 1929, Claude Bracey described his minimalist approach to training as follows:.
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In June 1928, Claude Bracey won both sprint events at the 1928 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships with times of 9.6 seconds in the 100-yard race and 20.9 seconds in the 220-yard race.
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Claude Bracey was the first athlete from Rice to win an NCAA track championship in any event, and it was 1938 before another Rice athlete accomplished the feat.
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Claude Bracey finished fifth in the semifinals of the 100-meter race at the Olympic games with a time of 10.8 seconds.
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Claude Bracey was the first Rice athlete to compete in the Olympic games; it was 1948 before another Rice athlete competed in the Olympics.
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At the Texas Relays in March 1929, Claude Bracey tied the world record in the 100-yard sprint with a time of 9.5 seconds.
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Claude Bracey is as good as any of them off the marks and runs the last 40 yards faster than any man I ever saw.
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Claude Bracey had the wind with him when he did 9.4 at Dallas but on both that occasion and the day before he beat George Simpson of Ohio State by about four yards.
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At the 1929 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships, Claude Bracey lost his title in the sprint events as Ohio State's George Simpson won both events, and Claude Bracey finished second in the 100-yard race and third in the 220-yard event.
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Claude Bracey tied the world record in the 100-meter race with a time of 10.4 seconds in June 1932.
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In 1970, Claude Bracey was selected as one of the initial inductees into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame.