Low hurdles as an automatically timed mark around a bend. The high school record in the 180 yard low hurdles dates to 1964 when three boys, Earl McCullouch from Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Don Castronovo from Oceanside High School in Oceanside, New York and Steve Caminiti from Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California separately ran the 180 yard low hurdles at 18.1. The record was never broken and the event was discontinued in regular high school competition ten years later in 1974. Note: The Low Hurdles (on the turn) were contested, at the girls high school level, in the state
Men's 110 metres hurdles world record progression Men's 110 metres hurdles world record progression The following table shows the world record progression in the Men's 110 metres hurdles. The first world record in the 110 metre hurdles for men (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1912. The IAAF ratified Forrest Smithson's 15.0 mark set at the 1908 London Olympics as the inaugural record. To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 39 world records in the event. From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting