Register hurdles adversity to help soldiers
On May 17, 1994, John Register was training in Hays, Kansas to try out for the 1996 U.S. Olympic team for track and field. âAt about 5:29 in the afternoon, I was a combat veteran, a track and field All American at Arkansas, a nine-time gold medal winner at the Armed Forces Competition, had been to the World Military Championships a couple of times,â Register recalls. âI was the eighth-fastest 400 meter hurdler at the time, top 20 in the world, and U.S. News [ & World Report] had just released [a story] that said I was one to watch to make the 1996 Olympic team. âA...
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