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Maxwell Lander ("Maxie") Parks (born July 9, 1951) is a former American athlete from Fresno, California. Winner of the USA Olympic Trials in 1976,〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19760626&id=Te1fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YzIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6892,5229368 'Parks winner in 400 meters', Lodi News-Sentinel, 30 June 1976〕 he did not gain a medal in the individual event (he came fifth〔), but did become a winner of a gold medal in 4x400 m Men's relay race with Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, and Fred Newhouse at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. In the 1970s he competed for the UCLA for several years.〔http://www.uclabruins.com/genrel/ucla-100-70.html UCLA Bruins, 1973 Track and Field, uclabruins.com. Retrieved 18 March 2012.〕 In 1977 he ran on the 1977 IAAF Athletics World Cup, anchoring the 4x400 m relay team to what appeared to be a runaway victory when he collapsed on the track with a severely pulled hamstring 150m from the finish. This unfortunate injury denied the USA a seemingly certain victory in the team competition, the victory instead going to East Germany.〔http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1092794/3/index.htm The Cup Turned Into A Coup, Kenny Marks, Sports Illustrated, 12 September 1977. Retrieved 18 March 2012.〕 Parks did not compete again that season, but did return in 1978 to again capture the national title at 400 m. Any hope of Olympic success in 1980 was denied by the USA boycott of those games, but in any event Parks's form meant he only reached the semi-final stage at the Olympic trials.〔http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf The History of the United States Olympic Trials - Track & Field, R Hymans, USA Track & Field, 2008〕 Prior to UCLA he was a graduate of Washington Union High School,〔http://www.trackinfo.org/tracksCentral.html Trackinfo〕 then Fresno City College. Parks was in 2010 honoured as a member of the '100 Stars for 100 Years' for Fresno City College. In the publicity for the event, Parks is stated as having received the honour of being, in 1990, inducted into the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame.〔http://www.fresnocitycollege.edu/index.aspx?recordid=321&page=560 '100 Stars for 100 Years List is Complete', 30/7/2010. Retrieved 18 March 2012.〕 Parks has also been elected into the California Community College Track and Field Hall of Fame〔http://www.oabalegacyrenewed.com/alumni.html FCC Distinguished Alumni〕 == Rankings == Parks was ranked among the best in the USA and the world in the 400 m/440 y events over the period 1973 to 1978, according to the votes of the experts of ''Track and Field News''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Rankings Index--Men's 400 meters )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=U.S. Rankings Index--Men's 400 meters )〕 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「Maxie Parks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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