Athletes at the 1987 Pan American Games - Ray Stewart, Steve Scott, Jim Spivey, Joaquim Cruz, Arturo Barrios, Raul Gonzalez, Luis Delis (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 127. Not illustrated. Chapters: Ray Stewart, Steve Scott, Jim Spivey, Joaquim Cruz, Arturo Barrios, Raul Gonzalez, Luis Delis, Roberto Hernandez, Henry Marsh, Johnny Gray, Eloina Echevarria, Aliuska Lopez, Carlos Mercenario, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron, Robson Da Silva, Angela Chalmers, Martin Bermudez, Floyd Heard, Jose Luiz Barbosa, Jorge Gonzalez, Cindy Greiner, Judi Brown, Juan Nunez, Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Juan de La Garza, Jaime Jefferson, Stephanie Hightower, Coleen Sommer, Querubin Moreno, Lee Mcrae, Gert Weil, Omar Aguilar, Maria Del Carmen Diaz, Bruce Bickford, Maria Colin, Ramon Gonzalez, Lavonna Martin, Maria Elena Sarria, Marieta Riera, Mary Knisely, Gregg Tafralis, Silvia Costa, Duncan Atwood, Ivonne Leal, Ronald Lanzoni, Latanya Sheffield, Ivo Rodrigues, Brian Abshire, Raymond Pierre. Excerpt: Raymond ("Ray") Douglas Stewart (born March 18, 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican athlete who specialised in the 100 metres event. As a junior athlete Stewart found much success at the CARIFTA Games, winning five gold medals within a four year period. In 1984 he reached the 100 m Olympic final and won an Olympic silver medal for the 4x100 metres relay. At the 1987 World Championships he took silver in the 100 m and bronze with the Jamaican relay team. A leg injury in the 1988 Olympic final of the 100 m ruined his medal chances in both the individual and relay events. A new personal best of 9.97 seconds at the NCAA Outdoor Championships made him the number one ranked 100 m athlete in 1989 and the first Jamaican to officially break the 10-second barrier. At the competition he also recorded the third fastest relay time ever. He won his first Commonwealth Games medal the following year, taking bronze in the relay. Stewart recorded a national record of 9.96 seconds at the 1991 World Championships but this was surpr...