Career
His time of 48.02 in 1984 at age 18 is still the current world junior record. Harris"s greatest moment came at a meeting in Madrid in 1987 where he defeated Edwin Moses—who had been undefeated since 1977. Harris could not take part in the 1988 Olympics, just finishing fifth at the 1988 United States Olympic trials in Indianapolis.
Danny Harris is an alumnus of Perris High School in Perris, California, where he grew up.
He returned to coach the boy"s track team in 2001, and he led them to their first League Championship since he ran for the school almost 20 years earlier. Harris competed collegiately at Iowa State University.
He collected three national championships and four Drake Relay titles while at Iowa State. He was never beaten by a collegiate athlete in the 400-meter hurdles during his time at Iowa State.
Harris helped lead the Cyclones to three outdoor Big Eight team titles and two indoor crowns during his three-year career, collecting 12 Big Eight career titles.
Harris set Big Eight records in the 400 hurdles, 600 yards and 4x400 relay. He was inducted into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame in 1995, the Iowa State Hall of Fame in 2000, and the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Harris" personal best for the 400 m hurdles is 47.38 seconds, set at Lausanne in July 1991.
That time still ranks him the #12 performer of all time.