Forrest “Spec” Towns of Georgia won two NCAA titles in the 120-yard/110-meter hurdles, becoming the event’s first two-time winner (1936-37).
His 1936 undefeated season was magnificent, setting or tying the world record six times en route to winning the Berlin Olympic gold. The Berlin preliminaries was the site of one of his six WRs, but his final mark came later that summer with an incredible 13.7 in Oslo. That performance not only made him the first sub-14 hurdler in history, it also shattered the record by 0.4 seconds – still the largest single improvement on the WR. His 13.7 WR wasn’t improved on for almost 14 years.