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Nolan Shaheed (born July 18, 1949)   Carole King, Tom Waits, John Handy, David Byrne, Raymond Harris Brown, Freddie Hubbard and Niki Nana,

Michael Granville set sophomore 800 record May 21, 1994 at CIF

Tommy Skipper 2004, 2006, 2007 NCAA Champion PV University of Oregon  and 2005, 2006 Indoor Champion  Brother Art, 1992 Hammer Throw champion.

David Patrick 1982 400H Champion University of Tennessee and 1982 Indoor 800 Champion

Reginald Wyatt September 17, 1990 IAAF ID=235568 2nd World Youth Championships 2007

Paul Wilson 1968 NCAA Indoor Champion PV USC Teammate of competitor Bob Seagren

Candy Young 1983 and 1984 Indoor Champion 55mH Fairleigh Dickinson University <refhttp://books.google.com/books?id=d0CQFznveXoC&lpg=PA84&ots=p4l-t8K_vw&dq=Natalie%20Kaaiawahia&pg=PA87#v=onepage&q=Natalie%20Kaaiawahia&f=false book has ref for both young and maxie

Olympic Trials results

Stan Whitley December 17, 1945 ranked #1 in US in Long Jump in 1969 #2 in the world 7 times US top 10, twice world  NCAA runner up U Kansas (still holds school record) in 1969 Mt. SAC Hall of Fame  P.E. Teacher at Bonita High School in La Verne, California 1999 selection to Masters division of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. 2 time athlete of the year, 10 time age group athlete of the year. Vice President of the Southern California Striders

The Fastest Man in the World (inverted The World's Fastest Man) is an unofficial title to fulfill the human interest is determining the best. The title traditionally goes to the world record holder in the 100 metres. That honor currently belongs to Usain Bolt of Jamaica, who set the record first at the Adidas Grand Prix meet in New York City, May 31, 2008. Bolt improved upon the record at the 2008 Summer Olympics and again at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany. The record currently is 9.58 seconds, which is .11 of a second faster than the second best by Tyson Gay. The female equivalent to this is Florence Griffith-Joyner, who ran the same distance in a time of 10.49 seconds in 1988 at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Other claimants
For every performance there are a set of circumstances that potentially aid the athlete in question. All modern track and field sprinters use spiked shoes to aid in traction. All competitions suitable for record purposes since about 1968 have been held on rubberized All-weather running tracks. Track and field rules allow for an aiding wind of up to 2 metres per second--the measurement of that is in question in regards to Joyner's record, though she has the next several fastest times in history. Obadele Thompson of Barbados ran the 100 metres in 9.69 seconds in 1996 with an aiding El Paso, Texas wind of 5.0 metres per second--an existing performance that was not valid for record purposes. It took over a decade before Bolt beat that time and still to date only Gay has equalled it. Some previous claimants to this title have benefitted from the advantage of running at altitude (see 1968 in athletics. Other previous claimants have had their records revoked and have since been banned from the sport for using performance enhancing drugs.

During the 1996 Olympics, Donovan Bailey of Canada set the world record in the 100 metres, which would normally give him the title. But in the same Olympics, Michael Johnson (athlete) made a huge improvement in the 200 metres world record and it was argued that his velocity was actually faster than Bailey's. This dispute resulted in the Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race being held to determine who could lay claim to the title. Bailey won the race while Johnson pulled up. Currently both Bolt and Joyner hold the 200 metres records, so that controversy is not currently being discussed, however some have argued that Bolt's height advantage allows him to sustain his maximum speed for a longer duration, but the slow starting, fast finishing Gay actually achieves a faster top end speed.

Mechanical aid
While it could be argued that a runner receives the aid of spiked shoes and rubber tracks, furthering the mechanical aid can produce faster athletic performances. The fastest fully self propelled athletes could be speed skaters, with their only mechanical aid being the blades used to skate along smooth ice. The fastest recorded 400 metre lap by a speed skater would be by Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada, that being the timing method in that sport, though on a straightaway he or another individual may have achieved a significantly higher top-end speed.

With true propulsion added, the world land speed record is held by Andy Green at 714.144 mph. Off of land, astronauts headed toward the moon achieved a velocity of about 10.4 km/s.