Meeker, Stories

Meeker’s fastest 100-yard dash

—Harold Ball’s record still stands 67 years later—

Harold Ball moved to Meeker almost 80 years ago and his family history in the area goes back even further. Ball will forever hold the MHS 100-dash record he sent in 1945, since the race is now measured in meters. Ball ran track at Colorado University where he earned a degree in architectural engineering and worked for CDOT for 32 years, starting in Meeker where he helped…