The following year, as a college sophomore, he was second, recording a time of 20.28 s at the meeting in Eugene, Oregon on June 3.
[6][note 1] He also won Indoor College Conference titles at 300 yards in 1977 and 1978.,[7] setting the University of Oklahoma record of 29.47 s in 1978.
[9][10] Snoddy left college early after two years and joined the United States Navy.
[4] He later worked as a water supervisor for the city of Houston and in airport security for TSA, the airport-security organization.
[4] Snoddy was ranked in the top ten 200 m sprinters in the world in 1977 and 1978, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.