Lee McRae
Lee McRae ( born January 23, 1966 in Pembroke) is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 100 -meter run.
He had the most successful season of his career in 1987. In the 60 - meter race at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, he finished first in 6.50 s second behind Ben Johnson, who 's set a world record of 6.41. When Johnson was later found guilty of doping, fell to the title and the world record McRae.
In the Universiade in Zagreb McRae won in a personal best of 10.07 s in the 100 -meter run. A few weeks later, he sat down over the same distance at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis also by where it won even with the 4 x 100 -meter relay gold medal.
Finally, he who celebrated the greatest success of his career with the title win in the 4 x 100 -meter relay at the World Athletics Championships 1987 in Rome. The U.S. season in the lineup Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance and Carl Lewis pointed in 37.90 s, the teams of the Soviet Union and Jamaica to the places. In the 100 -meter run McRae finished sixth.
Lee McRae attended the University of Pittsburgh.