Texas Relays : Martin Wins Prep 100; Thomas Disqualified

Dallas Roosevelt’s Roy Martin, rated the nation’s top schoolboy athlete by Track & Field News, blazed to a Texas Relays record and second best all-time U.S. high school 100-meter mark of 10.18 seconds Friday night.

Martin’s time on a windless night at Memorial Stadium was just .02 of a second off the all-time best by Houston McTear of Baker (Fla.) in 1976.

Joe DeLoach of Bay City, Tex., finished second in 10.26, the fourth best all-time mark. The third best of 10.23 is held by Johnny Jones of Lampasas, Tex., now a wide receiver for the New York Jets.

Martin, who said he plans to attend Southern Methodist, was behind coming out of the blocks but caught and passed DeLoach in the last 30 yards.

The old Texas Relays record of 10.42 was set by Herkie Walls of Garland, Tex., in 1979.

Californian Henry Thomas of Hawthorne High School was disqualified for a false start in the prelimaries.

Other Texas Relays records included:

--Florida State’s 3:14.70 in the collegiate sprint medley relay, beating the old time of 3:15.2 by Kansas in 1967.

--Ranger Junior College’s 9:41.65 in the distance medley relay, beating its old record of 9:46.41.