Lacey Hearn

Lacey Hearn ( Lacey Earnest Hearn, born March 3, 1881 in Portland, Indiana; † 18 October 1969 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) was an American athlete and as a middle-distance runner, a medal winner at the Olympic Summer Games 1904 in St. Louis.

Life

Hearn attended the Purdue University. In 1903 he went for his university in competitions of the Big Ten Conference with a mile run at the start and won it. At the same time also visited Frank Verner, another first-class middle-distance runner, the University. Hearn benefited from the successful Verner, and as the most prestigious sports clubs and universities their athletes for the 1904 Olympics proposed in St. Louis - the average in the U.S. knockouts did not exist at that time - was next to Verner also Hearn of the chosen participants. As a member of the Chicago Athletic Association then he went to St. Louis.

First competition for Hearn in St. Louis was the 800 - meter race, which was held in a single run with 13 athletes. Hearn was to intervene at any time in the position, in the fight for the first places. Its residue was so large that it had noted no placement for him.

Two days later, the 1500 - meter race on the program. Nine athletes were the only decisive run at the start, seven of them came from the United States. Hearn had time his strengths to better, because until the end of the race he made ​​room to place well and was third behind his club and fellow students Verner.

On the same day was the last competition of athletics instead of a team running over four miles, which is actually concerned a battle between cities runners from Chicago and New York City. The runners from Chicago were announced as the team of the Chicago Athletic Association. It was held a run, which was attended by ten runners ( five for each team ). The team classification was made according to place numbers (1st place = 1 point; 2nd place = 2 points, etc.). Lacey Hearn started for the Chicago Athletic Association and attended by all ten runners in fourth place, one place behind Verner again. However, his team lost the scoring against the team of the New York Athletic Club, statistically they finished despite losing the second place, because other teams were not at the start.

For Hearn, the Olympic Games the highlight of his short sporting career were undoubtedly, because after his name appeared in the list of winners of various competitions no longer on. He concentrated on his studies at Purdue University, where he graduated in 1905 as an electrical engineer. Later, however, he changed his profession and became real estate agents.

Placements at the Olympic Games

• III. Summer Olympic Games in 1904, St. Louis 1500 m - Bronze without giving time or down ( gold to James Lightbody from the USA with 4:05,4 min; silver to Frank Verner from the USA with 4:06,8 min)
• Four miles team - silver with the Joint team Chicago Athletic Association (Gold at New York Athletic Club, United States)
• 800 m - At the final part (Gold to James Lightbody from the USA with 1:56,0 min)