Creed Haymond

Walter Creed Haymond (December 2, 1893 – March 1983) was an American track and field athlete.

Biography Haymond was raised in Springville, Utah.

Haymond attended the University of Utah where he lettered three times and was the captain of the track team. Haymond later studied dentistry

Haymond was accepted to compete as a sprinter for Team USA at the 1920 Summer Olympics, in Antwerp, Belgium, but he was injured before the competition.

Haymond served as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the Northern States Mission headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, 1945-1950. (Their mission reunion group was honored a few years ago in the Church News for having the longest continuous reunions of any mission in the church).

Haymond became an Honoree (inducted into) the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in 1971.