Stanley Floyd

Stanley Floyd (born June 23, 1961) is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States. In 1980 he was considered one of the favourites for the 100 m title but was denied his chance by the US boycott of those games.
Career
Floyd attended the University of Houston where he studied for a degree in communications. There he hoped to train towards Olympic success - originally he was aiming for 1984 not 1980 - before turning to American football to earn fame and fortune. He originally attended Auburn University, but left after a year.
In 1980 achieved the best time globally in the 100 metres, at 10.07 s. This time improved the World junior record (the record of Mel Lattany from 1978).
Floyd won the 100 m at the USA Olympic Trials but would not get to compete because of the boycott. He had already won the NCAA and USA National Championships in the men's 100 metres. This was a triplet of wins last achieved 24 years previously in...