Selma High School, Selma, CA, USA, May 5, 1928
There was some serious sprinting going on around the world, with the official world record for the 100 meters stubbornly remaining at 10.4 seconds. In Cuba, José Barrientos matched the time, but it wasn't accepted as a record.
19-year-old Frank Lombardi defeated Frank Wykoff and matched the official 100-yard world record by clocking 9.6 seconds (equivalent to 10.5 seconds for the metric distance). The event held in Selma, California, at the beginning of May was unique in that the lad actually ran 101 yards in the California Interscholastic Championships. According to the rules of the time, a false start resulted in an additional yard added to the distance as a penalty.
Lombardi faded into obscurity as he failed to qualify from the American trials for the Amsterdam Games, and he was scarcely heard of after 1928.
1–2 (Mile Split CA)