Ronnie Ray (born January 2, 1954) is an American retired male

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He is best known for winning the men's 400 metres event at the

1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games, officially known as the VII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mexico 1975 (), were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games ...

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. In that race on 18 October 1975 Ray set his personal best: 44.45. In 1972, while competing for Homer L. Ferguson High School in

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, Ray established the National high school record in the 440 yard dash. High school competition shifted to metric distances in 1980, so the race is now rarely contested. Ray's time of 45.8 remains the record to this day. There's also 2 different other people with the same name that are famous

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