It also stands as the American Junior Record, tied ten years later by collegian Cinnamon Sheffield at altitude.
[1] Earlier in the 1979 season, she had set the World Youth Best for the indoor 50 metres hurdles 5.95 at a meet in Edmonton.
In all three of her Olympic Trials attempts, she was bested by Benita Fitzgerald and Stephanie Hightower, who later became President of USATF.
Young remained a top level hurdler through 1989 when she set her personal best in the 60 metres hurdles of 8.10 at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.
[6] Under her married name of Candy Young Sanders, she is currently the associate athletic director at Delaware State University.