One time chary-branded sprinter Jeremy Bascom has, again, run himself onto the discussion pages of the Guyana’s track headlines. This time, the once perceived rile raiser comes up with a triumph to rouse the talking heads’ praise – a national record tie.
Bascom, last Friday put his name on the records register with a scintillating 10.19s run in Nebraska, USA. The time puts him alongside the legendary James ’Wren’ Gilkes who had done the same 100m time in September 1978 – a standing national record way older than Bascom, himself.
Running at the 2012 USATF National Club Championships,
