Creed Haymond
Walter Creed Haymond was an American track and field athlete.
Biography
Haymond was raised in Springville, Utah.Haymond attended the University of Utah where he lettered three times and was the captain of the track team. Haymond later studied dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania, where he again became the captain of the track team. At the 1919 Inter-Collegiate Association Track and Field Meet, he broke the world record time for the 220-yard race, just minutes after missing the world record by one-tenth of a second in the qualifying heat for the finals and before he was given a chance to catch his breath. The same day he won the 100-yard dash against what he called "the six fastest men in America" after his starting hole collapsed and he started four or five yards behind in the race.
Haymond was accepted to compete as a sprinter for Team USA at the 1920 Summer Olympics, in Antwerp, Belgium, but he was injured before the competition.
Haymond served as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Northern States Mission headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, 1945-1950. .
Haymond became an Honoree the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in 1971.