We are still a long way from the next summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028, but that shouldn't stop us from honoring an East High School graduate who rose to become the queen of women's hurdles in the 1990s. Kim Batten won a silver medal in the 400 meters hurdles at the 1996 Atlanta Games. But her greatest moment came a year earlier, when she set a record time of 52.61 seconds in the 400 meters hurdles at the 1995 World Championships, according to a wonderful 2016 story by Alan Morrell. Her record stood for nearly eight years before she was unseated by Yuliya Pechonkina of Russia with a...
