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This letter to the editor praising Phoebe Wright mentioned some Chattanooga track names I'm not familiar with.

 

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_149860.asp

 

Chattanoogan Ed Hammonds won the NCAA 100-yard dash in 1974 representing Memphis State. He teamed with two other Chattanoogans, Maurice Knight and Lynn Fox, and one other sprinter, to win the 440y relay. (This is confirmed by the U of M track media guide.)

 

I've never heard these names before. Does anyone know where they attended high school in town?

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This letter to the editor praising Phoebe Wright mentioned some Chattanooga track names I'm not familiar with.

 

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_149860.asp

 

Chattanoogan Ed Hammonds won the NCAA 100-yard dash in 1974 representing Memphis State. He teamed with two other Chattanoogans, Maurice Knight and Lynn Fox, and one other sprinter, to win the 440y relay. (This is confirmed by the U of M track media guide.)

 

I've never heard these names before. Does anyone know where they attended high school in town?

 

 

I sent a note to Sam Woolwine, legendary Chattanooga sports writer, asking about these three and got this nice response:

 

Hammonds went to Howard and am pretty sure Wright did as well. Fox was from East Ridge. I wasn't that much into track then, though I did emcee the program when they were inducted into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame several years ago. Hammonds is the one I remember the most because he also set a TSSAA record in the 100, but don't think that still stands.

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