It surprised Rock to find that he could sprint so easily. There was a track meet underway in the stadium across the street from the football practice field where he had just made this discovery, which he would later assess as a freakish coincidence, and he consequently decided to enter the 100-meter dash.
The meet was for open competition when Rock signed up, and as he jogged around the track, he saw teams from Russellville High School and Gardner Junior High in the bleachers with Don Carnahan, his coach from high school. But bit by bit it became apparent that he was about to compete against people his age or older. Furthermore, whereas Rock at first thought he was in Pine Bluff, it suddenly became obvious that he was at Holt Field in Hot Springs. He had been there many times since his first visit in 1974. This must be the Senior Olympics, he decided.
Rock ran the 100 in 16.1 seconds but was forever unsure of his order of finish.
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