Todd Scully
Todd Scully receives the relay baton from Frank Murray in a 1968 track meet at Lynchburg College in Virginia. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Clark Todd Scully |
Nationality | American |
Born | (1948-09-13)September 13, 1948 Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
Died | September 6, 2021(2021-09-06) (aged 72) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Racewalking |
College team | Lynchburg College Hornets |
Clark Todd Scully (September 13, 1948 – September 6, 2021)[1] was an American racewalker. He competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]
He competed on the track and field team at Lynchburg College in the 1960s, and graduated with a chemistry degree in 1970.[3] He later returned to Lynchburg College for a graduate degree in physical education and secondary education in 1975.[3] He is a member of the University of Lynchburg Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
He was selected for the Olympic team in 1980, but the U.S. boycotted the games. A 2014 alumni magazine of Virginia Tech, where he was a graduate student in 1980, described his disappointment: "You just spent four years making progress and improvement, and you end up not being able to use it. Between '76 and '80, I think I set seven world records. ... I was ready to compete."[5]
References
- ^ "Big Island man killed in Bedford County crash". wdbj7. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Todd Scully Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- ^ a b University of Lynchburg alumni records
- ^ "Sports Hall of Fame Members". University of Lynchburg. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Firsts in Virginia Tech History | Virginia Tech Magazine | Virginia Tech". www.vtmag.vt.edu. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
External links
- Todd Scully at Olympedia
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- 1976 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
track and road
athletes
- Garry Bjorklund
- Benny Brown (r)
- Doug Brown
- Dick Buerkle
- Matt Centrowitz
- Willie Davenport
- Mike Durkin
- Mark Enyeart
- Dwayne Evans
- Charles Foster
- Herman Frazier
- Paul Geis
- Harvey Glance
- Millard Hampton
- Johnny "Lam" Jones
- Don Kardong
- Ron Laird
- Mark Lutz
- Duncan MacDonald
- Henry Marsh
- Ed Mendoza
- Edwin Moses
- Fred Newhouse
- James Owens
- Maxie Parks
- Steve Riddick
- James Robinson
- Mike Roche
- Bill Rodgers
- Todd Scully
- Mike Shine
- Frank Shorter
- Craig Virgin
- Larry Walker
- Quentin Wheeler
- Rick Wohlhuter
field athletes
- James Barrineau
- Earl Bell
- James Butts
- Sam Colson
- Fred Dixon
- Rayfield Dupree
- Al Feuerbach
- Richard George
- Anthony Hall
- Larry Hart
- Tommy Haynes
- Bill Jankunis
- Bruce Jenner
- Larry Myricks
- Terry Porter
- John Powell
- Dave Roberts
- Arnie Robinson
- Fred Samara
- Pete Shmock
- Jay Silvester
- Dwight Stones
- Mac Wilkins
- Randy Williams
- George Woods
track athletes
field athletes
- LeRoy Walker (men's head coach)
- Sam Bell (men's assistant coach)
- Lee Calhoun (men's assistant coach)
- Jimmy Carnes (men's assistant coach)
- Stan Huntsman (men's assistant coach)
- Berny Wagner (men's assistant coach)
- Alex Ferenczy (women's head coach)
- C. Harmon Brown (women's assistant coach)
- Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach)
- Brooks Johnson (women's assistant coach)