As the calendar moved from the 19th century to the 20th, Maxwell Washburn "Maxey" Long was a dominant quartermiler on the world scene, capturing three straight AAU titles for the New York Athletic Club in the 440-yards from 1898-1900 and winning Olympic gold at Paris in 1900. Long also won the 1899 AAU 220y and the 1900 AAU 100y, and was the IC4A 440y champion for Columbia University in 1899. Long's fastest time in the 440y was a 47.8 in 1900, a mark that stood as the best in the world around a curve for more than 15 years, but he also ran a straightaway 47.0 at the Guttenberg Racetrack in North Bergen, New Jersey, that year. Though some later questioned the validity of the timing for that effort, it wasn't matched until 1915. In 1897, Long was a member of the NYAC 4x440y relay team that set a world record of 3:21 2/5.