Though it has been overshadowed by the rapid ascension of Marion
Jones and Maurice Greene in the sprints, Bryan Bronson's rise in
the 400-meter hurdles has been equally sudden. A 25-year-old
native of Jasper, Texas, who learned to hurdle at a high school
that owned only three hurdles and had a 450-yard dirt track with
an uphill straightaway, Bronson is just .01 of a second off Edwin
Moses's career best of 47.02 seconds and is within striking
distance of Kevin Young's world record of 46.78. In keeping with
his unorthodox resume, Bronson (who won the Goodwill 400 hurdles
in 47.15 on Sunday) is coached by 40-year-old Houston marathoner
Ken Wrinkle, who stresses—naturally—endurance.
Issue date: July 27, 1998
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