These are the women who competed against Wilma Rudolph in the 1961 Womens 100-Yard Dash. Rudolph, a world class sprinter who won 3 gold medals in the 1960 Olympics, lined up against these high school athletes for the first womens event in Drake…
Don Gehrmann from the University of Wisconsin. Gehrmann anchored the Sprint Medley Relay and the Distance Medley Relay in 1949 leading both to victories. Gehrmann also anchored the University of Wisconsin's 1950 Sprint Medley and again led the way…
The Bulova Phototimer. The high speed camera was mounted on top of a station wagon. The back of the wagon was a makeshift dark room. This was the latest in photofinish technology in the 1940s and 1950s.
