Career
He participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. McNeil reached the semifinal of the 100 metres in the 1964 Olympics, finishing sixth with a wind assisted run of 10.30 seconds. He also ran as the first leg in the Jamaican 4x100 metres sprint relay team, placing fourth in the final with a time of 39.4 seconds.
At his final Olympics in 1968, McNeil competed in the 100 metres once again but failed to pass the first round.
His 100 metres personal best is a run of 10.54 seconds set in 1964. Following his retirement from athletics, McNeil became a sprinting coach at William Knibb Memorial High School in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica, training youths such as Usain Bolt.
McNeil convinced Bolt to give up cricket in favour of track sprinting. He intended to write a book about his time as Bolt"s trainer titled The Bolt of Lightning and Maine.
McNeil suffered a stroke in December 2007 and his vision was from then on impaired.
