Todd Scully
 Todd Scully receives the relay baton from Frank Murray in a 1968 track meet at Lynchburg College in Virginia. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Clark Todd Scully |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | September 13, 1948 Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | September 6, 2021 (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
[edit]- ^ "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.
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- 1948 births
- 2021 deaths
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- American male racewalkers
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Sportspeople from Princeton, New Jersey
- Track and field athletes from New Jersey
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- American Masters Athlete that competed in Olympics