Bryan Bridgewater (born September 7, 1970) is an American former sprinter. Bridgewater started running for the West Valley Eagles youth club and Washington High School in Los Angeles. On the youth club he ran with

Quincy Watts Quincy D. Watts (born June 19, 1970) is an American former athlete, and two-time gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Career Born in Detroit, Michigan, Quincy Watts attended the University of Southern California (USC) where he excelled a ...

, but turned into a crosstown high school rival. Often injured, Bridgewater put together an injury free senior year where he beat the future gold medalist and won the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

at the 1988

CIF California State Meet The CIF California State Meet is the annual championship track and field meet for the California Interscholastic Federation. The meet was started in 1915 for boys and 1974 for girls. Every athlete in every high school in California has a direc ...

over Watts and future NFL star

Curtis Conway Curtis Lamont Conway Sr (born January 13, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans and was selected by the Chicago Be ...

See the race on youtube.
He still holds

Los Angeles City Section The CIF Los Angeles City Section (CIF-LA) is the governing body of high school athletics for public schools in the city of Los Angeles and some surrounding communities. All of these schools were once associated with the Los Angeles Unified Schoo ...

record in the 200 m.Bryan Bridgewater The following year, he won gold medals in the

100 m The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

, 200 m and

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

at the

1989 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships The 5th Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held in Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 23–25, 1989. Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yiel ...

. California Junior College College State Champion in the 200 m in 1990, while attending

Long Beach City College Long Beach City College (LBCC) is a public community college in Long Beach, California, United States. It was established in 1927 and is divided into two campuses, the Liberal Arts Campus (LAC) in Lakewood Village and the Trades, Technology, an ...

. Inducted into Long Beach City College athletic hall of fame. He was a four a time NCAA DII National Champion in the 100 and 200 meters while at California State Los Angeles. But in his senior year 1993 he was sanction for accepting money. In which the NCAA could not prove. It was based on what someone said. Bridgewater went to

California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) is a public research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is part of the California State University system. Cal State LA offers 142 bachelor's degree programs, 122 m ...

, winning the 100 and 200 at the 1993 NCAA Division II Championships. He still holds the Div. II record in the 200. Later that year he won gold medals in the 200 and 4 × 100 relay at the

World University Games The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a portmanteau of the words "Universi ...

. The year earlier, he was on the winning American team at the

1992 IAAF World Cup The 6th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 25–27, 1992, at the Estadio Panamericano in Havana, Cuba. Overall re ...

. He also member of the 1995 Pan American who competed in the 200 m. Bridgewater achieved two American top 10 rankings in the 200, overshadowed by world stars

Carl Lewis Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and lo ...

, Michael Johnson, Michael Marsh and coincidentally Washington alum Jeff Williams.

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