Jamaican middle-distance runner
Byron Dyce
Born (1948-03-27 ) 27 March 1948 (age 76)
Byron Dyce (born 27 March 1948) is a Jamaican former middle-distance runner who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics .[1] He is still the current Jamaican National Record holder in the Mile and 1000 metres . He still holds NYU records in the Indoor 800 metres and Indoor Mile .[2]
The Millrose Games have named their annual collegiate Distance medley relay in his honor.[3] Dyce, who ran for NYU , is considered a legend among New York track and field circles. After receiving his Ph.D. degree at the University of Florida , he is currently a mathematics professor at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida .[4]
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1876–2016 Notes
Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
1932–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1981–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes *Distances have varied as follows: Mile (1940–2002) and 1932, 2007 and odd numbered years since 2011, 1500 meters (1933–1939), (2003–6, 2008–2010) and even numbered years since 2010