BD
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Jamaican middle-distance runner
Gender:
Male
Places:
Work field:
Birth:
27 March 1948
The details
Biography
Byron Dyce (born 27 March 1948) is a Jamaican former middle-distance runner who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He is still the current Jamaican National Record holder in the Mile and 1000 metres. He still holds NYU records in the Indoor 800 metres and Indoor Mile.
The Millrose Games have named their annual collegiate Distance medley relay in his honor. Dyce, who ran for NYU, is considered a legend among New York track and field circles. After receiving his doctoral degree at the University of Florida, he is currently a mathematics professor at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida.