Casey Combest
Casey Combest (born September 15, 1980) is a former American track and field sprinter who saw prominence in the late 1990s and made a comeback in 2008. Casey's story was featured in a recent ESPN Classic film, Lay It on The Line: The Casey Combest Story. He won a silver medal as part of Team USA in the 4x100m relay at the World Junior Championships of 1998 held in Annecy, France, finishing 0.01 behind winners Jamaica, 39.70 & 39.71. . In 1999 he was the best high school sprinter in the nation.
References
- "The Return of White Lightning" from ESPN
- "White Lightning" from Sports Illustrated
- "Henderson native no longer running for glory" from Evansville Courier & Press
- "High School Career Over, Sprinter Combest Has Decisions" from Los Angeles Times
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