Ian Morris (athlete)
Ian ("Frinty") Morris (born 30 November 1961 in Siparia) is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres. A former soccer player for the Siparia Angels in South Trinidad, he did not take up athletics until the age of 23. He occasionally ran the 200 metres, and even competed in the 800 metres at the 1987 World Indoor Championships. He is now a member of the Siparia Rhythm Section.He is also the Coach of the Siparia Athletics Club.
His personal best time was 44.21 seconds, achieved in the semifinal of the 1992 Olympics. The result gives him 23rd place on the all-time performers list. At 44.21, for 24 years he held the Trinidad and Tobago record which was eventually broken by Machel Cedenio in the 2016 Rio Olympics in a time of 44.01.
International competitions
1Representing the Americas
2Did not finish in the semifinals
3Did not start in the semifinals
External links
- Ian Morris at World Athletics
- Ian Morris at Olympics.com
- Ian Morris at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Amateur Athletic Union
- 1906–7: E.B. Parsons
- 1908–9: Mel Sheppard
- 1910: Harry Gissing
- 1911: Abel Kiviat
- 1912: not held
- 1913: Abel Kiviat
- 1914–5: Tom Halpin
- 1916: Bill Bingham
- 1917: Earl Eby
- 1918: Marvin Gustavson
- 1919: Jack Sellars
- 1920: Earl Eby
- 1921: F. L. Murray
- 1922: Sid Leslie
- 1923: Earl Eby
- 1924: Walter Mulvihill
- 1925: Vincent Lally
- 1926: Horatio Fitch
- 1927: George Leness
- 1928–31: Phil Edwards (CAN)
- 1932: Alex Wilson (CAN)
- 1933–5: Milton Sandler
- 1936–7: Eddie O'Brien
- 1938: Jimmy Herbert
- 1939–40: Charles Belcher
- 1941: Jimmy Herbert
- 1942: Roy Cochran
- 1943: Lewis Smith
- 1944: Robert Ufer
- 1945–6: Elmore Harris
- 1947: George Guida
- 1948–9: Dave Bolen
- 1950–1: Hugo Maiocco
- 1952: Charles Moore
- 1953: Mal Whitfield
- 1954: Reggie Pearman
- 1955: Charles Jenkins
- 1956: Lou Jones
- 1957–8: Charles Jenkins
- 1959: Josh Culbreath
- 1960: Tom Murphy
- 1961: Eddie Southern
- 1962: Bill Crothers
- 1963: Jack Yerman
- 1964: Charles Buchta
- 1965: Jack Yerman
- 1966: Theron Lewis
- 1967: Jim Kemp
- 1968–70: Martin McGrady
- 1971: Andrzej Badenski
- 1972: Lee Evans
- 1973: Fred Newhouse
- 1974–5: Wes Williams
- 1976–7: Fred Sowerby (ANT)
- 1978: Stan Vinson
- 1979: Mike Solomon (TTO)
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Mark Enyeart
- 1981: Mike Solomon (TTO)
- 1982: Fred Sowerby (ANT)
- 1983: Eugene Sanders
- 1984: Mark Rowe
- 1985–6: Elvis Forde (BAR)
- 1987: Ian Morris (TTO)
- 1988: Ken Lowery
- 1989: Mark Rowe
- 1990: David Patrick
- 1991: Andrew Valmon
- 1992: Mark Everett
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Mark Everett
- 1994-2014: not held
- 2015: Casimir Loxsom
- 2017: Erik Sowinski
- 2019: Donavan Brazier
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