Mel Pender and the 1968 4x100m Relay

 

Tomorrow, we'll be running a story about Dr. Mel Pender and his godson Kyle Webster who is a sophomore on the Penn Track team. Pender, who set world records in the 50-yard, 60-yard, and 70-yard dashes, competed in the Olympics twice. Here is footage from the 4x100-meter relay where he along with Charles Greene, Jim Hines and Ronnie Ray Smith won gold and set a world record of 38.24 meters. The U.S.A. is running in lane two and Pender ran the second leg.

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