Inducted under Track and Field in 1988, Willie Banks was a popular Oceanside High and UCLA grad who set a triple jump world record of 58 feet, 11-1/2 inches in June 1985, the first American to hold
Inducted in 2008, Steve Scott — known for the longest time as “the American mile record holder for life” — was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame six years ago in Indianapolis.
Inducted in 2006, Gail Devers, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 100 meters, is the first African-American woman named to the Breitbard Hall of Fame.
Inducted in 1970. Billy Mills scored one of the great upsets in Olympic history by winning the 10,000 meters in 1964 at Tokyo; the first American to win that event.
