George Porter (born December 19, 1966) is a retired American hurdler. While running for Cabrillo High School in

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, he set the NFHS (United States High School) record in the 300 meters intermediate hurdles at 35.32 on May 24, 1985, in the

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Masters Meet (a qualifying meet for the

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). Porter's record in the hurdles lasted until the State Meet in 2007, when

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improved the record by .04 of a second.Top Ten Lists

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has since improved the record again to 35.02, set at the same meet in 2009. Porter went on to win the State Meet with a time of 35.50. Porter's key to success was his ability to run 13 steps between hurdles, the same trait as Olympic champion

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. Moses could run 13 steps between all ten hurdles of the

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race, while Porter was able to do it for six as a junior, adding the last two hurdles the high school race his senior year. Porter continued hurdling in college, running for the

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, but did not perform as well. He managed to run 49.19, number 5 on USC's all-time list. Porter entered the American top ten in the 400 hurdles twice, in 1989 and 1990.

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1966 births Living people American male hurdlers People from Lompoc, California University of Southern California alumni Track and field athletes from California Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade {{US-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub