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	Leroy Burrell
		Leroy Burrell had the best season of his career in 1991, first breaking the 100m world record of Santa Monica Track Club (SMTC) teammate Carl Lewis, and then subsequently losing the record to Lewis, when Leroy finished a close second behind him at the World Championships in Tokyo.
		Burrell was not in the same form during 1992, although he was still one of the world's top sprinters.
		Burrell failed to qualify for the individual events at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, but he was an inclusion in the 4 x 100m relay team which equalled the world record of 37.40sec in the first semi-final, and went on to win the gold medal in the final the following day.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1461 (329 words)

	Player Bio: Leroy Burrell :: Track
		Entering his eighth season at Houston, Burrell was named the Conference USA men's and women's Indoor and women's Outdoor track and field Coach of the Decade and the NCAA South Central Regional Indoor Coach of the Year for the third straight year.
		Burrell was named the C-USA Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year in 2000 after leading the Lady Cougars to their first conference championship under his direction.
		A year later, Burrell was recognized as the NCAA Regional Coach of the Year and the 2003 Conference USA men's and women's Indoor Coach of the Year after guiding both the men's and women's teams to C-USA Indoor championships.
	uhcougars.cstv.com /sports/c-track/mtt/burrell_leroy00.html (1702 words)

	Michael Wu: Resume: Writing Sample
		For Leroy Burrell, the fastest man in the world, his toughest adversary may very well be himself.
		Burrell has never had problems battling physical challenges, but only in the last couple of years has his mental toughness begun to approach his physical prowess.
		In 1990 Burrell was ranked first in the 100 meters and was undefeated in 1991 before facing the biggest disappointment of his life.
	www.mike-wu.com /burrell.html (884 words)

	Leroy Burrell bio
		Burrell will be 29 at the time of the Atlanta Olympics, a veteran of the sprint wars.
		Burrell's time at Tokyo, a stunning 9.88, topped the World Record of 9.90 he had set in winning the USA title on Randall's Island.
		Burrell did make the 4 x 100 relay, however, and for the first time got a chance to run anchor in a major meet.
	www.usatf.org /athletes/bios/oldBios/1997/burrell.asp (724 words)

	UH -Top Education Stories - Burrell eyes Florida State job
		Leroy Burrell, University of Houston head track and field coach, is a leading candidate for the same position at Florida State.
		Burrell interviewed for the Seminoles job last month, has held several conversations with FSU officials, but has not been offered the job.
		Burrell, an Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter relay for the USA at the 1992 Olympics, also set the world record twice in the 100 meters before retiring from the sport in 1998 to succeed Tom Tellez as UH's head coach.
	www.uh.edu /admin/media/topstories/2003/hc/200306/20030604bur.html (299 words)

	Leroy Burrell
		Although Leroy Burrell spent a large part of his sprinting career in the shadow of his Santa Monica Track Club (SMTC) teammate Carl Lewis, he nonetheless made his own significant contribution to the sport, which included a number of individual and relay world records.
		Leroy's first world record came on 23 August 1989, when a SMTC foursome, including himself and Lewis, reduced the 4 x 200m relay world record to 1min 19.38sec.
		The following year, Burrell was clearly the dominant force in the 100m, winning 19 of his 22 races at that distance, and recording significant victories over Lewis at the Goodwill Games in Seattle, and at the Grand Prix final in Athens.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1460 (221 words)

	Leroy Jenkins and Dave Burrell
		Both pianist Dave Burrell and violinist Leroy Jenkins are giants of the free jazz genre.
		The beauty of improvisation, according to Burrell, "is to be inspired by what you have done in the last five minutes or last five seconds.
		Burrell did New York's avant-garde loft scene in the 1960s, where he gigged with guys like Pharoah Sanders and Marion Brown.
	citypaper.net /articles/092597/six5.shtml (220 words)

	Jet: Leroy Burrell sprints to new world record in 100 meter dash at Switzerland track meet. (record time of 9.85 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leroy Burrell sprints to new world record in 100 meter dash at Switzerland track meet.
		Leroy Burrell recently regained his claim as the world's fastest human when he recorded a 9.85 time in the 100 meter race at Lausanne, Switzerland.
		Burrell, 27, recaptured the record he held for 2 1/2 months in 1991 by blazing to victory in 9.85 seconds at the Athletissima IAAF Grand Prix meet.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:15656680&refid=holomed_1 (211 words)

	The Daily Cougar--Sports News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		UH head track and field coach Leroy Burrell picked up where Tom Tellez's legacy left off, winning C-USA Coach of the Year honors in 1999 and 2000.
		The transition from Tellez to Burrell is a case of one legend replacing another.
		Burrell was Tellez's ideal successor and a man Tellez recommended for the job.
	www.stp.uh.edu /vol65/122/sports/sports-index.html (764 words)

	Carl Lewis' biography
		Carl and Leroy had the direct challenge in 1991 trough two stages: in the first, at U.S. championships in New York, Leroy beat Carl sneaking the world record: 9"90.
		Leroy Burrell, one of the most talented sprinter of the 90s hadn't any more chances to challenge Carl.
		I think Leroy is the most skilled opponent Carl found in the lanes of the 100 m.
	www.angelfire.com /sports/lc/biography.htm (2884 words)

	Asafa now a 'marked' man - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leroy Burrell, another speedy American, also smashed the world record in the 100 metres.
		Burrell twice broke the world record, first in New York in 1991 when he lowered Lewis' first world mark of 9.92 seconds to 9.90, and again in 1994 when he erased Lewis' second world record of 9.86 to 9.85 in Lausanne in 1994 at the age of 27.
		Burrell was the silver medallist at the 1991 World Championships (9.88sec), and at the 1992 Olympic Games, Burrell placed a disappointing fifth (10.10sec).
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050618T220000-0500_82676_OBS_ASAFA_NOW_A__MARKED__MAN.asp (696 words)

	NewStandard: 8/3/96
		Leroy Burrell was scheduled to run the finals, but his status was unclear.
		Burrell, Lewis' close friend and longtime training partner, created the original opening for Lewis by withdrawing Thursday with a sore right Achilles tendon.
		Burrell was able to run some yesterday, but Hunt decided to keep him out of the semifinals.
	www.s-t.com /daily/08-96/08-03-96/c01sp105.htm (1033 words)

	TFN 1993 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This race was far from a gimme, as the SMTC had to scrap for every smidgen of the 2m Lewis ultimately enjoyed over Ray Stewart.
		Heard's solid opener was matched by rocket-starting Jon Drummond of Nike International-LA. Then Burrell bulled down the backstraight, battling British hurdler Tony Jarrett and none other than Olympic 400 champ Quincy Watts for Nike.
		Burrell and Marsh pushed deep into the exchange zone on their pass, but Brit John Regis got the stick a fraction of a second behind.
	vm.mtsac.edu /relays/TFN/1993.htm (846 words)

	Foster hopes to end collegiate career with national title - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Burrell believes the injury might be better for Foster in the long run.
		Burrell is no stranger to the 100-meter race.
		Burrell has a good feeling about the relay team, as well.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/tribeast/sports/s_139150.html (821 words)

	Door Opens for Lewis to Go for 10th Gold
		TLANTA -- Carl Lewis' chances of winning a 10th Olympic gold medal were greatly enhanced on Thursday when one of his teammates, Leroy Burrell, withdrew from the U.S. 4x100-meter relay team, saying that he had severe pain in his Achilles' tendon.
		Coach Erv Hunt has not yet named Lewis to replace Burrell for Saturday's race, but he said on Tuesday that Lewis would get "strong consideration" if any sprinters withdrew because of injury.
		Burrell appeared to be limping slightly at practice on Tuesday.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/olympics/0802/oly-run-lewis.html (480 words)

	Swoosh: Burrell vanishes from the relay picture
		Burrell's withdrawal from the relay apparently creates a spot for Carl Lewis to run in the final, probably on the anchor leg.
		"Leroy Burrell has acute Achilles tendinitis and has elected not to compete based on medical recommendations," Dr. Lawrence Magee, team physician for USA Track & Field, said in a statement.
		Before the Burrell development, the U.S. had declared its six-man pool for the first round of the 4x100 Friday.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/examiner/article.cgi?year=1996&month=08&day=02&article=SPORTS4130.dtl (576 words)

	Texas Monthly March 2000: Sports
		But the fact is that Lewis is the exception and not the rule; top sprinters more often have Burrell's compact frame, though he's a little rounder now than when he was in training.
		Later that year, in Tokyo, Burrell bettered his record by running a 9.88, but he was beaten out by Lewis' 9.86 in the same race.
		For his part, Burrell is just happy to exist in the world of track, and he's busier than ever.
	www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/2000-03-01/sports.php (1943 words)

	2001 Big 12 Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships
		At the 1990 SWC Outdoor Championships, Houston's Leroy Burrell set track records in the 100 and 200-meter dashes, clocking in at 9.94w and 19.61w.
		That threesome has gone on to become a highly-decorated trio, with Burrell ranked No. 1 in the world in 1991 in the 100-meter dash and Johnson ranked No. 1 in the world in the 200 and 400-meter dashes.
		Cason and Burrell teamed up at the World Championships in 1991 with Dennis Mitchell and former Houston great Carl Lewis to set a world record in the 400-meter relay.
	sports.tamu.edu /specialsites/big12track/facility (758 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - PASSION - THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM LAUSANNE
		Ten years ago to the day, 6 July 1994, on the track of the athletics meeting "Athletissima" in Lausanne, Leroy Burrell smashed the world 100m record by running 9’85’’.
		No-one has forgotten his frenzied lap of honour, nor the joy with which he exploded in front of 15,000 spectators.
		Leroy Burrell is now 37 years old and has retired from competition.
	www.olympic.org /uk/passion/museum/events/full_story_uk.asp?id=918 (233 words)

	Comparing 100 m Sprints and Trends in Elite Performances
		Figure 1 shows World Records for Leroy Burrell in 91, Carl Lewis in 91, and Donovan Bailey in 96 have only been achieved with the assistance of wind and altitude.
		Burrell's 94 run would have been a "wind-and-altitude" corrected world record.
		Leroy Burrell's 91, Carl Lewis' 91 and Carl Lewis '88 world records would not stand
	condellpark.com /kd/compare100m.htm (1221 words)

	The New York Times: This Day In Sports
		In a race for the ages, it seemed only appropriate that one of the aged should win, with a time that sliced 4-hundredths of a second off the world record set by his friend and 24-year-old teammate, Leroy Burrell, just 10 weeks ago at the national championships in New York.
		Dennis Mitchell of the United States was third at 9.91, followed by Linford Christie of Britain in 9.92, Frank Fredericks of Namibia and Brigham Young University in 9.95 and Ray Stewart of Jamaica in 9.96.
		The record was broken by Leroy Burrell, who ran 9.85 seconds at a meet in Switzerland in 1994 (see July 6).
	www.nytimes.com /packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/08.25.html (660 words)

	TFN 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In easily the finest one-day relay double ever, the team of Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard and Carl Lewis first sped the fastest 4 x 100 ever run on U.S. soil, 37.79.
		Once the talking yielded to the racing in the 4 x 1, strong legs by Marsh and Burrell gave the SMTC a definite edge over the all-stars -- even if the pair needed two tries to connect.
		Burrell made the pass first to Heard, but Jarrett's connection unleashed Regis and the stocky European 200 champ churned the far curve to even the squads at the final pass.
	vm.mtsac.edu /relays/TFN/1994.htm (975 words)

	kavutv.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"Leroy and Michelle Burrell's success is well known, Olympic Gold Medals, but their road to achievement is nothing out of the ordinary.
		Focused on the idea that your mission needs to be larger than yourself, the Burrells spoke to a high school audience at UHV in celebration of Black History Month.
		It took Michelle Burrell 15 years to reach the ultimate Olympic dream, and had it not been for being cut from the high school baseball team, Leroy Burrell would have never been crown World's Fastest Man. Stories of success that translate into the classroom.
	www.kavu-tv.com /fullstory.php3?61123 (297 words)

	Speed \| Outside Online
		And at this particular moment in history, sprinting is graced with a Fab Five of unprecedented talent: Mitchell, Drummond, Leroy Burrell, Carl Lewis, and Britain's Linford Christie.
		Next is Leroy Burrell, who would be overlooked in such raucous company were he not the current holder of the world record.
		Even when setting world records, as Lewis and Burrell have each done twice, there is invariably some aspect of the race that could have been tighter, cleaner, faster--such as the exhausted, near-staggering finish to Burrell's 9.90 in 1991.
	outside.away.com /outside/magazine/0695/6f_speed.html (6200 words)

	New Page 2
		And, if we think he was eliminated from 200 m but an hundredth of second by a novice, we must say he was really unlucky.
		Then, before the games, just two races: at Gateshead and Sestriere, where he beats Leroy Burrell, a possible winner of the gold medal.
		Mike Marsh is the first, the before Carl, there are Leroy Burrell and Dennis Mitchell.
	www.angelfire.com /sports/lc/pages/barcelona.htm (770 words)

	Pentagram Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But it was Burrell's 22'10.50" long jump that sent her to the Summer Games in Sydney, Australia.
		Burrell is the sister of world class sprinter Leroy Burrell, a former Olympian and 100-meter world record holder (1990).
		Burrell joins three other Army athletes who already qualified for the 2000 U.S. Olympic team: boxer Staff Sgt. Olanda Anderson, wrestler Sgt. Keith Sieracki, and modern pentathlete Spc.
	www.dcmilitary.com /army/pentagram/archives/jul28/pt_h72800.html (894 words)

	Sports Photography by Jerry Lodriguss
		Houston's Leroy Burrell (second from right) gets off to a bad start behind Tennessee's Tommy Walker (third from right) in a heat of the men's 100 meters.
		Burrell managed to win anyway anyway with a time of 10.38 seconds during the 1990 Penn Relays.
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	www.astropix.com /SPORTSPIX/RELAYS/PANSTART.HTM (103 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - Photo gallery
		Thirty-eight Houston sports legends will be on hand at the opening ceremonies for Super Bowl XXXVIII: A Houston Salute, Jan. 26 at Reliant Arena.
		Leroy Burrell, sprinter, University of Houston, 1986-90; track and field coach, UH, 1998-.
		An Olympic gold medalist and twice the world’s fastest man at 100 meters, Burrell has led the UH track team to its most successful seasons since his undergraduate years.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/special/04/superbowl/heroes/gallery/photo9.html (149 words)

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