William Snoddy

William Snoddy (born December 6, 1957)[1] is a former sprinter from the United States. He achieved most success in the 200-meter dash where he was NCAA champion in 1977.

William Snoddy
Sport
College teamOklahoma Sooners

In 1978, Snoddy ran the 100-meter dash in a heavily wind-assisted time of 9.87 seconds – then the fastest time ever recorded for a 100 m race. The wind speed was recorded at 25 mph.

Track career

Snoddy was a star sprinter at Nathan Hale High School setting a state age record in the 220 y dash of 21.0 s,[2] and won two state championships at the distance in consecutive years, 1975 and 1976.[3] Snoddy attended the University of Oklahoma.[4] As a college freshman, Snoddy became NCAA champion (US collegiate champion) in 1977 over 200 m. He recorded a winning time of 20.48 s, then a low-altitude meeting record, at Champaign, Illinois on June 4. The following year, as a college sophomore, he was second, recording a time of 20.28 s at the meeting in Eugene, Oregon on June 3.[5] On 1 April 1978, at a meet in Dallas, Texas, Snoddy ran 100 m in the wind-assisted time of 9.87 s then the fastest time ever recorded for a 100 m race.[6][note 1] He also won Indoor College Conference titles at 300 yards in 1977 and 1978.,[7] setting the University of Oklahoma record of 29.47 s in 1978.[8] Snoddy returned to run track again in the 1980s after a hiatus. He achieved some moderate success - in 1987 he won the New Year Sprint race (110 m handicap race) in Scotland.[9][10]

Later life

Snoddy left college early after two years and joined the United States Navy.[4]

He later worked as a water supervisor for the city of Houston and in airport security for TSA, the airport-security organization.[4]

Rankings

Snoddy was ranked in the top ten 200 m sprinters in the world in 1977 and 1978, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.[11][12]

200 m
Year World rank US rank
1977 8th 4th
1978 8th 3rd

Notes
  1. The wind reading was 11.2 m/s, well in excess of the allowable wind reading for a valid record of 2.0 m/s - Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition, Editor Imre Matrahazi, IAAF Athletics, p viii.

References
  1. William Snoddy. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2015-02-17.
  2. "Tulsans Nose Out City Runners". NewsOK, Ray Soldan, May 3, 1983.
  3. "Boys Track and Field, Individual State Champions". OHS Track and Field.
  4. "Where are they now? William Snoddy, Running into HISTORY, OU's Snoddy won 200-meter title as a freshman" (PDF). NewsOK, Barry Tramel, June 11, 2005.
  5. "NCAA Champions--Men's 200 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.
  6. Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition, Editor Imre Matrahazi, IAAF Athletics, p 35.
  7. "Oklahoma Track and Field Indoor Conference Champions". Sooner Track and Field.
  8. "Oklahoma Track and Field Records" (PDF). SoonerNews.
  9. "New Year Sprint - Brief History". Frank Hanlon, www.sportingworld.co.uk.
  10. "Snoddy, Bell of Scratch". The Glasgow Herald, Dec 2 1987.
  11. "World Rankings Index--Men's 200 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.
  12. "USA Rankings Index--Men's 200 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.
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