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...