Yeah, but could you win if you were in the same position as those athletes in the 1900s? Way back then, they had very poor equipment for running as well as not nearly as efficient training techniques and dieting. The tracks back then also weren't well suited for the high impact and collision for sprinting like they are today.
Jake McCoy this guy dodoesn't understand logic, it's beyond trolling. It is true that some states don't consider records if it wasn't run in a state meet or state qualifier but no one runs a 10.2 and goes to Madison college when plenty of D1 schools are willing to give a full ride for a time like that.
There are plenty of white world class sprinters. When you get to the top sprinters in the world, there may be only one white guy and one asian guy, but they are there.
His form is amazing but when he started, i noticed he came out of his drive phase only 1/2 way, his head was down for about 60% of the race, that can slow you down but great race man!
Realistically he wasn't driving for that long. About 4 seconds for the start and drive phase and about 6 seconds for the rest. Gun went off right at the 53 second mark. Considering the first 4 seconds is the slowest part of the race there's no way he even got to 50 meters with his head down. He started to come up at about 25 meters or so but did it gradually. He doesn't keep his head up high but that works for him and clearly did not slow him down, in fact having his head tucked like that may have helped be slightly faster.
Seriously you are so amazing!! These people that say this is fake are ridiculous, they just can't fathom that any human could be as talented as you are. Sad part is all they have to do is look up your name/times/stats...clearly they are too lazy to get the facts. And I love that if someone writes a comment doubting your times, you don't get cocky, you just respectfully set them straight. You are a confident, admirable, exceptional athlete..and person!! Wish more guys were like you...Go Auburn!!!
Prime Star but it's really not that windy, and that wind you hear is probably because there on the top of the bleachers. But I'm not saying that couldn't be why there running backwards.
THIS MAN'S A GAWD. Look up. Christophe Lemaitre, fastest white man alive. This guy? I'd be incredibly surprised if I don't see him in the olympics in my lifetime.
John You know there people that actually work hard to be that good and you're just over here saying there juicing. How would you like to train your whole life and then get called a cheat?
Ill be surprised if this guy is even fast in college, Olympics? looks a like a high school roid fluke to me, short beefy runner with no stride length or technique just raw drive phase power. Correct me if Im wrong lets go back to this video 3 years from now, I bet hes not even a good college runner , let alone a Olympic prospect
this is one thing that helped him win.he was in his drive phase the longest.stay as long as you can low as you can kinda.low center of gravity helps build tourque.
dont expect it to be nearly as easy as jumping from a 12.95 to an 11.4. like a car from take off to top speed, increase of speed gets slower. everyone has a peak. once you reach it, improvement is slim to none. my freshman yr-12.21, sophmore yr-10.87, junior yr-10.44, senior yr-10.23. i trained harder my junior and senior year than i did my freshman and sophmore year. if i had continued training and went to college i imagine i would have peaked out around a 10.15
Night and day form between junior and senior year, still has a lot of improvement to make ( but what HS athlete doesnt) cant wait to see what he does at college with professional coaching. Could he break the magic 10?
does your heel ever hit the ground or is your heel slightly above the ground during foot position or do you feel like your running on your toes? i'm trying to understand fast sprinters foot position. thanks
Wow, great race, lol. Takes me back to high school...reminds me of a guy on our team we called "White Lightning". Keep doing your thing--look forward to seeing you on the national level!
@ Joseph Fisher - I know it's a little late (this is a 10 year old race), but please post the winner's first and last name, along with the city where the race was run, and the wind reading. Thanx!
This guy must of pr'd in high school. I was looking out but it doesn't look like he's done anything in college to top high school performances. Common in track and field
@wisinyyandel101 yep. Times I am getting are too far away from 10.37 for me to chalk it up to conversion from hand to accutrack timing. Too much of a disparity.
No, it was definitely wind aided. They were running backwards on the track for a reason. Nobody wants to watch a race with a ton of headwind. The kid still has incredible fundamentals and is really fast.
many times no matter which state if the wind is blowing to strong against the homestretch then they'll have the runners run in the opposite direction just for fun. Sprinting is obviously the most popular part of a track meet so people come to see runners run fast not slowed down by wind. If you notice you can hear the wind blowing quite strongly in the video.
@wisinyyandel101 Hi, you say you're going to Auburn right? And I saw your Athletic.net times and you ran 21.12 for a 200m PR. Do you know exactly what they would be looking for in the 200m as far as times go? thanks
Okay don't listen to people who say speed is all genetics. It's true to a point but speed is based on your stride length and how quick your feet move, those are things you can work on. Cutting some weight can help you be more aerodynamic and building leg muscle can help with your explosion. Also check on some speed exercises on youtube, it won't work right away but if you keep it up you can run a sub 11 by the time you're a senior.
excellent start, no wasted motion whatsoever, the winner is definitely on the right path. its all about technique, and of course genetics makes it possible to perform at highest level possible. stay home on the porch if you cannot run with the big dogs
usually its hold breath from the set until the 10 - 15m mark. then its a breath every ten meters or something. holding breath activates the val salva maneuvre - increase intra-abdominal pressure and all that good stuff (helps you run faster, more "foundation".
I ran my first track meet recently and I did absolutely horrible. I ran a 13.54 in the 100m and a 27 in the 200m. I was nervous and was shaken in the blocks and slowed down the last 20m. Its odd becuase In practice my times were way beter than this. Any workouts or tips to shave seconds off my time. And what workouts do you do, to pump your arms that quick?
That's a blistering time man much respect. Sound form too. Are you currently in the midst of a uni or college career in the NCAA or? Jw because an old teammate of mine was given a scholarship to USC on the track and his highschool pr was 10.4x. If you ran anything like that consistently you could land yourself a pretty hefty scholarship couldn't you?
Seeing this gets me hyped! I went to boarding school, I would’ve loved to do this. I was born in Prosser, home of horse heavens. Spirit is my spirit animal and yes i am a true mustang and the true stallion. I would’ve gave all my brethren from 2010 a run for their money.
People don't understand, they think it's pure speed . This isn't the 200 or the 400 . 85% of winning the 100 comes from your start out if the blocks . Shoot out and DRIVE Hard . With a great start , most of your race is complete , just have to hold that form and drive through the line .
last this kid named Noah at my school who was in 8th grade won every single 100 he'd been in that year, but then at our conferences big end of the year meet he got second because they didn't have blocks.
Looking at this carefully, a couple of things seem out of order. Firstly, it has been run the wrong way on the track. For the time to be valid, you must always finish at the official finish line which is where the start line was in this race. The suspicion is, this race was run counter to this to take advantage of the wind, which sounded particularly strong. I also suspect that 100m was not run, more like 90 or 95 metres as the winner seemed to slow down before the 100m line.
wow bro! ur absolutely incredible and that start of yours is amazing. im tryin hard to work on that. and btw, what state is this cuz im from california but i would expect your name to pop up for top times
i wish cutting time like that would be that easy, with hard work eating up chunks like that is going to happen in the 11sec range but once you start floating around the 10.4 range the harder it is to make large jumps, the sub 10 barrier is one the hardest barriers to break
a couple of questions here, why are they running in that direction on the track? and did they run that way because f the massive wind assistance it would give the athletes? it was still a great run but a wind reading would be off the chart I suspect.
speed is genetic to an extent, but you can exceed far beyond you genetics if you train hard and smart like wisinyyandel101 said. but its mostly mind control. meditation, concentration, confidence, determination. i used these techniques more than any physical training. i ran a 12.21 my freshmen year. i was running a 10.23 by the end of my senior yr. that's not typical at all, but it is possible with the right mind-frame. now im married with two kids, and at 22 im probably back in the 12's. lol
wow! you are an amazing runner! i do sprints too. im only 14 years old and im the 3rd fastest runner in ontario for 150m and 80m. my relay team set the provincal and national record for medley relay and i hold the senior girls 60m and 100m record at my school. i train 4 times and this year it is my goal to break the 200m record that has been on the board since 1994 aswell as break my own records on the board.. and break the leads and grenville records. i hope you are successful in the future:)
