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Navarre’s
John Hurd
sets three
Florida Senior
Games Track
and Field
Records in
just over a
minute
On the final day of the 2016
Florida Senior Games, Navarre
Sprinter John Hurd ran for
just over a minute Sunday at
Clearwater High School and set
three 85-89 age group records.
He ran gold-medal winning
times in the 50 Meter Dash in
9.12 seconds, the 100 meter in
17.68 and the 200 meter in 38.68.
Hurd’s Florida Senior Games
legacy is well established. Since
2003, he has won 32 consecutive
sprint races at the Florida
Senior Games and National
Senior Games. At the National
Senior Games in July, 2017, Hurd
improved his time in two of
the three events running the 50
Meter Dash in 9.3 seconds, the
100 in 17.4 and the 200 meter in
37.4. He also holds the 80-84
age group 50 meter dash record
and his times in the 100 and 200
meter dash broke records set in
1999.