Reggie Jones (sprinter)

Reginald Jones (born December 30, 1953)[1][2] is an American track and field athlete.

[5][6][7] Later in 1974, Jones ran for the US in the USA vs USSR track meet and won the 200m m beating the then Olympic Champion Valeriy Borzov who was running for the Soviet Union and beat his more famous compatriot, Steve Williams to victory in the 100 m.[8][9] On July 26, 1975, running in Boston, Jones won the 100 m event recording a time of 9.9 that equalled the then world record.

[3] Early in 1976, Jones ran the anchor legs of University of Tennessee team that equalled the world records for the 4x220 y and 4 × 200 m events.

[5] Jones has been inducted into the Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame.

[12] A native of Saginaw, Michigan Jones is reported to have worked as a teacher in Memphis, Tennessee after college.