She is as dominant a sprinter in her sport as Carl Lewis has been in his.
These people have watched in recent years as blacks replaced whites as the nation's dominant sprinters for economic or sociological reasons.
Morrow has been called "the dominant sprinter of the 1950s" and "the most relaxed sprinter of all time, even more so than his hero Jesse Owens".
Because there was no dominant sprinter in the United States this year, Elmhurst has become one of the leading candidates for year-end honors as champion sprinter.
In 1981, Lewis started to emerge as a dominant sprinter and long jumper.
Bailey, who set a world record of 9.84 seconds at the Atlanta Olympics, was now the world's dominant sprinter.
The victories would have firmly established her as the sport's dominant female sprinter with the Olympic Games approaching next summer in Atlanta, her hometown.
But even if she did not, she has at least established herself as the Carl Lewis of her sport, its dominant sprinter.
Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands has become the world's dominant sprinter.
She hurt herself while jumping on a trampoline in a photo shoot with Michael Johnson, the world's other dominant sprinter.