Michael Carter (athlete) Michael Carter (athlete) Michael D'Andrea "Mike" Carter (born October 29, 1960 in Dallas, Texas), is a former U.S. Olympian track and field athlete and professional American football player. Carter is best known in track and field for setting the American national high school record of 81 feet 3½ inches in the 12 pound shot put, adding more than nine feet to the previous record. He set this mark at the 1979 Golden West Invitational track and field meet while competing for Jefferson High School of Dallas, Texas. No high school athlete has come within two feet of this record since.
Ken Johnson (athlete) Ken Johnson (athlete) Kenneth "Ken" Johnson (14 October 1928 – 12 December 2015) was a British athlete who competed in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Leicester, Johnson was a cross country runner, competing for the Leicester Colleges of Art and Technology team, before taking up steeplechase in 1951. He was selected for the Great Britain team at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, finishing in seventh place in the first heat and not progressing to the final. He went on to represent Great Britain at the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bern, again going out in