60 metres, Men

The 60 metre dash was the second victory for the amazing American sprinter/hurdler Al Kraenzlein. It was also one of the more closely contested events, as all heats and the final were good races.

Al Kraenzlein was a student at Penn and graduated from there in 1901 with a dental degree, although he never practiced dentistry. He later became a well known track coach. He won eight IC4A championships in 1898-1900, and was the outstanding track & field athlete of those years.

Finishing in fourth was Edmund Minahan, who was only 17-years-old in 1900, one of the youngest American track & field Olympians ever. In addition, Minahan later became one of two American track & field Olympians to play major league baseball – Jim Thorpe being the other. In 1907, Minahan pitched in two games for the Cincinnati Reds, losing both.