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Dr. Beaty may be in medicine now, but I remember him at the 1962 C.I.F track and field finals at Mt. SAC. I recently went to the 2008 Mt.SAC Relays with 4 of my friends who were finalists at the 1962 meet. A flood of memories came back as we sat in the old bleachers remembering how we were priviledged enough
to see the fastest high school sprinter in the U.S. from Glendale Hoover run a 9.4 hundred yard dash and a 20.2 two hundred twenty yard dash. The four of us who were on the infield that night were from Bell Gardens High school. We had done well that night. We all medaled in our events. But Forrest had a big reputation throughout the state. We all stayed to see him anchor the relay. I can still see him get that baton on the far end of the track. The crowd as well as us infield atheletes began to see this boy wonder catch and pass the whole field of runners to win the relay for his team. He was clocked running the last 220 in 19.8 seconds! Now, that may seem fast, but in 1962 it was jet speed! The impact that this kid had then has been with all of us that went to the finals that night forever. It was something to see. He does not know us, but as we sat reminiscing in the stands the other day, we once again saw Forrest Beaty kick butt!
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The State CIF in 1962 was at Modesto, not Mt SAC. Forrest won the 100 in 9.5, and was leading by a huge margin in the 220 finals when he pulled a muscle at about the 120 yard mark. Rich Stebbens won in 20.6. I was sure then, as I still am, that Forrest would have broken his own national record of 20.2 in that race, which he set the year before. The world record at the time was by Dave Sime at 20.0. I think he would have bettered it. Forrest never ran short sprints well again due to that injury, and mostly ran the 44o at UC Berkeley (best of 46.3 in 1965 - I had a 46.2 best). He was the most beautiful and powerful high school sprinter I have ever seen. It should be mentioned that he was only 16 when he ran his 20.2 national record in 1961 (I thought it was at Citrus CC); he graduated at 17. Unfortunately the 220 was run on the straight, and is no longer considered for all-time HS rankings. And neither is the 100 yards. But for those of us who were previledged to run against him, or who watched from the stands, there is no doubt as to who is the best high school sprinter in history. Thanks, Forrest, for the great memories.