1. Nathaniel Cartmell participated in the 60 meters event but was eliminated in the repechage.
16 Facts About Nathaniel Cartmell
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Nathaniel Cartmell was a member of the gold medal American medley relay team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
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Nathaniel Cartmell was the second runner on the squad, running 200 meters.
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Nathaniel Cartmell followed William Hamilton and was followed by John Taylor and Mel Sheppard.
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In both the first round heat and the final Nathaniel Cartmell received a lead from Hamilton and built upon it before turning over the race to Taylor.
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Nathaniel Cartmell won the bronze medal in the 200 meter race at the same Games, taking his second medal in the event.
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Nathaniel Cartmell placed third in the final with a time of 22.7 seconds.
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Nathaniel Cartmell won his first round heat and semifinal with times of 11.0 and 11.2 seconds, respectively.
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Nathaniel Cartmell later found out about the mistaken arrest and tried to do something about it, but by the time Nathaniel Cartmell got to the police station Hollaway had already been bailed out and nothing more became of it.
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Nathaniel Cartmell came to UNC in 1909 as a track-and-field coach for the Tar Heels.
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Nathaniel Cartmell was asked to be the first coach even though he did not know much about the sport.
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Nathaniel Cartmell coached his first college basketball game on January 27,1910, when UNC's varsity basketball team played in their first intercollegiate basketball game in Bynum Gymnasium against Virginia Christian College, which later became Lynchburg College.
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In 1914, Nathaniel Cartmell was charged with illegally playing dice with known gamblers and was fired after the 1914 season in May He would be replaced by Charles Doak.
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Nathaniel Cartmell went on to coach track and sometimes basketball at West Virginia University, Princeton University, Fordham University, Manhattan College and LaSalle Military Academy.
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Nathaniel Cartmell coached track and field and cross country at Penn State from 1923 to 1933 before ending his career at the United States Military Academy in 1956.
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Nathaniel Cartmell served as the track coach at his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.