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
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4 min readAug 12, 2020
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…