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Olympic decathlon gold medalist and former world record holder Dan O'Brien heads a list of athletes announced Tuesday to be inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame next month.
Also chosen were hurdler Kevin Young and distance runner Lynn Jennings. Young won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in 46.78 seconds, a world record that still stands. Jennings, a 1992 Olympic bronze medalist at 10,000 meters, won three consecutive world cross country champions from 1990 to 1992.
Others named to the hall were Rex Cawley, Ben Eastman, Matt McGrath and Bill Neider, along with Ollan Cassell, former executive director of USA Track & Field.
Cawley set the 400 hurdles world record in 1964 and won the Olympic gold medal in the event in Tokyo later that year. Eastman held world records 14 times and was the silver medalist in the 400 at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.
McGrath competed in four early modern Olympics. In the 1908 games he was part of the U.S. "tug-of-war" team and won the hammer silver medal, then won gold in the hammer in 1912 and silver in the hammer in 1924. Neider set the world shot put record three times, won the Olympic silver in the event in 1956 and the gold in 1964.
Cassell was executive director of the Amateur Athletic Union from 1970 to 1980 and of The Athletics Congress/USA Track & Field from 1980 to
Olympic decathlon gold medalist and former world record holder Dan O'Brien heads a list of athletes announced Tuesday to be inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame next month.
Also chosen were hurdler Kevin Young and distance runner Lynn Jennings. Young won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in 46.78 seconds, a world record that still stands. Jennings, a 1992 Olympic bronze medalist at 10,000 meters, won three consecutive world cross country champions from 1990 to 1992.
Others named to the hall were Rex Cawley, Ben Eastman, Matt McGrath and Bill Neider, along with Ollan Cassell, former executive director of USA Track & Field.
Cawley set the 400 hurdles world record in 1964 and won the Olympic gold medal in the event in Tokyo later that year. Eastman held world records 14 times and was the silver medalist in the 400 at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.
McGrath competed in four early modern Olympics. In the 1908 games he was part of the U.S. "tug-of-war" team and won the hammer silver medal, then won gold in the hammer in 1912 and silver in the hammer in 1924. Neider set the world shot put record three times, won the Olympic silver in the event in 1956 and the gold in 1964.
Cassell was executive director of the Amateur Athletic Union from 1970 to 1980 and of The Athletics Congress/USA Track & Field from 1980 to
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