“It was pretty nice to be able to do this at age 100,” said Wright, who was a high school track star in the 1930s.
. “When I came here I was a little bit nervous, but when I saw the crowd and everything I fell right in with it.”
The centenarian received warm applause from the thousands at Franklin Field who also had reason to cheer the return of the venerable track meet after a pandemic hiatus,But Wright’s time of 26.34 shattered the 100-104 age group record previously set bylist as of Monday morning, but Wright’s record-winning time was ratified, according to the Asbury Park Press.
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