My Pops Ran A Record Time To Save His Father’s Life

Dad had a D1 track scholarship locked down, but he wanted to become the fastest high schooler in the country

Isaiah McCall
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4 min readAug 12, 2020

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1988, St. Joesph’s High School, Andre Hendriks to my father, Walter McCall (Senior Year)

In 1988, my dad, Walter McCall, ran a 47-second 400m, shattering the county record. That’s a lap around a track in less time than it takes to eat an apple. He had achieved his goal not to break…

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