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Herschel Curry Smith(1903–1983) is best known as an American athletic coach in the sport of track and field at Compton Jr. College. He is also popularly known as the founder of the Compton Invitational,〔http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/HELMS/Track/HelmsTrackAnnual1953.pdf〕 and the co-founder of the Los Angeles Invitational, both track meets located in Southern California, the United States of America. Herschel was also well known as a sprint athlete and world record holder. As a team member of the University of Southern California (USC) track team, in 1927 his team broke the world record in the 800-meter and 880-yard relay. Herschel was the head coach of Compton College from 1928 to 1968 and was the founder of the Compton Invitational and its director from 1936-1969. Herschel was also the co-founder, with (Al Franken ), and the meet director of the first indoor track meet on the west coast. Known as the Los Angeles Invitational (1959), its name later (1969) developed into the primary sponsors name, the Sunkist Invitational. Herschel coached many world class athletes including record high-jumpers Cornelius Johnson and Charles Dumas. From 1940 to 1942, Herschel served as The President of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). ==Early Sprint Life== Herschel started his track and field career as a sprinter at San Fernando High School. In 1922 he won the California High School 100 yard championship and the California State 100 meter at 10.4 seconds. In 1923 he went on to win both Southern California, CIF sprint titles including the 100 meter at 10.2 seconds and the National Interscholastic 220 yard title. After high school, he continued his sprint career for 4 more years at the University of Southern California as a member of the famous Dean Cromwell’s track team. While at USC, Herschel’s freshmen year provided him with a 1st place win at the Western Olympic trials in the 100 meter at 10.8 seconds and a 2nd place finish in the 200 meter. Initially expected to make the 1924 Olympic team, illness prevented Herschel from participating at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. The following year 1925, Herschel won the Junior National AAU Championship 100 yard dash in 9.8 seconds. Continuing in 1926 with the Trojan's track team, Herschel enjoyed a winning season helping the team win the ICAAAA National Championship. The following year was the peak of Smith’s on field running accomplishments. As part of a relay foursome, (Smith, House, Lewis, Borah) Herschel participated in breaking the world record in the 800 meter and 880 yard relay(4x220) at 1:25.8 seconds, in Los Angeles on May 14, 1927. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herschel Curry Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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