Bryan Bridgewater (born September 7, 1970) is an American former sprinter. Bridgewater started running for the West Valley Eagles youth club and Washington High School in Los Angeles. On the youth club he ran with

Quincy Watts Quincy D. Watts (born June 19, 1970) is an American former athlete, and two time gold medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Career Born in Detroit, Michigan, Quincy Watts attended the University of Southern California (USC) where he excelled ...

, but turned into a crosstown high school rival. Often injured, Bridgewater put together an injury free senior year where he beat the future gold medalist and won the

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at the 1988

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over Watts and future NFL star

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See the race on youtube.
He still holds Los Angeles City Section record in the 200m.Bryan Bridgewater The following year, he won gold medals in the

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, 200 and 4x100 metres relay at the

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. California Junior College College State Champion in the 200m in 1990, while attending

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. Inducted into Long Beach City College athletic hall of fame. He was a four a time NCAA DII National Champion in the 100 and 200 meters while at California State Los Angeles. But in his senior year 1993 he was sanction for accepting money. In which the NCAA could not prove. It was based on what someone said. Bridgewater went to

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, winning the 100 and 200 at the 1993 NCAA Division II Championships. He still holds the Div. II record in the 200. Later that year he won gold medals in the 200 and 4x100 relay at the

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. The year earlier, he was on the winning American team at the

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. He also member of the 1995 Pan American who competed in the 200m. Bridgewater achieved two American top 10 rankings in the 200, overshadowed by world stars

Carl Lewis Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996 ...

, Michael Johnson, Michael Marsh and coincidentally Washington alum Jeff Williams.

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