Lon Myers

Lon Myers
	Lon Myers in 1880
Personal information
Birth name	Laurence Eugene Myers
Nationality	American
Born	February 16, 1858; Richmond, Virginia, USA
Died	February 16, 1899 (aged 41)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	50 yards to one mile
Club	Manhattan Athletic Club
Turned pro	1886
Achievements and titles
National finals	15 United States, 10 Canadian, and 3 British national championships
Highest world ranking	World records at: 250 yards; (26.0 seconds; 1882); 350 (36.8; 1881); 400 (43.625; 1882); 440 on grass (49.4; 1885); 500 (58.0; 1880); 600 (1:11.4; 1882); 660 (1:22.0; 1880); 800 (1:44.4; 1882); 840 on grass (1:48.6; 1885); 880 on grass (1:56.5; 1885); 1,000 (2:13.0; 1881);

Laurence Eugene "Lon" Myers (February 16, 1858 – February 16, 1899) was an American sprinter and middle-distance runner.

Myers won 28 national championships. He also set world records at 11 different distances, and held every American record for races 50 yards to one mile Myers set a world quarter-mile record while running the final 120 yards without his right shoe, and finished another race that he won running sideways (in conversation with a runner who had boasted that he would defeat Myers).