event club weight height nationality sport birth_date article_title name collegeteam
100 m , 200 m , 400 m santa monica track club 170 lb kg 0 on 6 ft 2 in m 2 on usa american running 10 july 1967 henry thomas -lrb- athlete -rrb-
 henry thomas ucla bruins
henry thomas -lrb- athlete -rrb-

henry thomas -lrb- born july 10 , 1967 -rrb- is a former american sprinter known for running at the high school and collegiate levels .
a versatile athlete , he was successful at 100 metres through 400 metres , holding the world youth best for 100 metres -lrb- for over 10 years -rrb- , set in a race 7 days after he set the world youth best in the 400 metres .
he is the only athlete to simultaneously appear in both the 100m and 400m top lists .
thomas led the team at hawthorne high school , in hawthorne , california of the 1980s to win the cif california state meet in both 1983 and 1984 .
individually , he won the 200 metres in both 1983 and 1984 -- setting the state record that lasted 14 years , the 100 metres in 1984 after finishing second as a sophomore the previous year -- setting the state record that lasted 5 years , and anchored his team to 4 × 400 metres relay victories in both years .
the 1983 relay was a `` come from behind '' race passing danny harris on the final straightaway .
harris won a silver medal at the olympics the following year .
the time of that 1984 victory is still ranked # 3 , and 1983 is ranked # 4 on the all time list .
hawthorne won that relay 6 years in a row .
his 100 metres record was beaten by hawthorne 's curtis conway who played in the nfl , and the 200 metres record was beaten by kareem kelly who also played in the nfl .
early in the 1985 season , the hawthorne team , anchored by thomas ' 44.5 split , won the texas relays in what is still the national high school record 3:07.40 .
joining thomas on that team , as the `` slow '' newcomer was future olympic gold medalist mike marsh .
shortly after the record , thomas suffered from appendicitis , requiring surgery .
he was unable to compete in the championship meet his senior year , marsh won the state meet 200 metres in his place .
in 2010 , marsh , thomas , michael graham and sean kelly joined together to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the record .
his best attempt to make an olympic team came at age 21 , when he finished 7th in 1988 olympic trials at 200m representing santa monica track club .
he went to ucla where he is ranked # 2 all time in the 200 metres , # 3 in the 100 metres and # 7 in the 400 metres .
every person ranked ahead of him , except newcomer craig everhart , is an olympic medalist or world record holder .
he helped ucla win the ncaa men 's outdoor track and field championships twice , 1987 and 1988 and anchored its ncaa record setting 4x400 metre relay team -lrb- that also included 1988 olympic gold medalists danny everett and steve lewis , plus 1992 olympic gold medalist/world record holder kevin young -rrb- .
later in 1988 , after failing to make the olympics himself , he tried out for the ucla football team .
at the time he said -lrb- in third person -rrb- `` i 'm getting older now and making my own decisions , and this is something henry wants to do . ''
thomas was arrested and later was convicted following a june 29 , 1991 robbery and assault at a los angeles fast food restaurant .
he did not get to compete at the 1992 olympic trials .
he served 10 years in prison .
