What Happened To The Fastest Boys In History? (100m ages 7-19) 

"vanished into normality" what an interesting turn of phrase.

you forgot to mention Gonzalo Arrubia, run a 11.27 at age of 49. I think he is definitively a good prospect for the future.

Most of the youth records are held by kids who were fully matured at a very young age.

That first Japanese kid just left straight dust to the other boys. That was crazy, 😂

Thanks for the shout out concerning Nyckoles Harbor! The kid is a legend. Loved the video by the way. Always entertaining to highlight young kids running fast. Keep up the great content!

Very common to see very fast teenagers who top-out early then fade away. I know this because I too, was a very successful youth athlete. I was ranked in the top 8 in the world as a junior at one point, with a windy 10.38 and legal 10.40's at age 17, 18, 19 etc... But the demands of normal life, work, family etc ensured I couldn't put the focus and efforts in as needed to stay at my best. I did make a comeback at age 29 and hit some 10.50's and into my early 30's but we never the same as when I was 17-20 years old.

This is one of the best track videos on RU-vid ! Loved every hundredth second of it !

Asinga has now broken the age 18 record with a time of 9.89. (edit 2) Seen a lot of Tobogo and Asinga comments, Tobogo was 19 when he ran 9.91 and Issam Asinga hasn't run a wind legal sub 10 YET! So these other records still stand as of today. (Edit 1)

This was a super interesting and well made video. Especially for someone with only 65 subs. Great stuff keep it up

This was a great idea well executed. I love trivia and I love track & field. That Thai 16 year-old running 10.09 is exciting and I hope he progresses well. I love when Asians do well in sprinting and they always crank out efficient 4x1 relay teams and both China and Japan have won Worlds or Oly relay medals. I read (in a 1972 Sports Illustrated) the Thai 100 record in 1972 was 10.0 by Anat Ratanapol but his Wikipedia page says his PR is 10.1. This is the only update from that record I've ever heard. I think those are the only two world-class Thai sprinters I heard of.

you deserve to be viral bro, one of my favourite watches in a while

This is one of the best videos ever, so interesting. Thank you

Great and informative video! Something that was missing in sprinting! Thank you! ❤

great video, keep on going your channel is going to explode

Great video, nice job on the compilation 👍

love it! Did you do a reverse list? maybe top 20 or even top50 runners and what they looked like before age10?

Hey Thanks Jumpman great vid, very interesting to see these dudes competing in their prime. Willie seems to have gone through puberty at 7!! Interesting to see the ceiling for Puripol!

Would love to see this kind of video for other events such as High jump!

andre cason who was a 100m phenom for usa back in the days is living and coaching in Thailand now for their national team, maybe boonson is getting some real good coaching from him

Super interesting idea, those international age records are really interesting statistics but so many incredible junior athletes just drop off the map, I have wondered what happened to a lot of them. I'd be curious for other events and girls as well

Good and informative video. There are several things "in play" here. For the younger sprinter age groups, one often sees the field divided by puberty. And even after most kids have entered puberty, the length of their growth cycle matters where larger people tend to continue growing over longer time spans. Anyway, we all have seen the "men among boys" featured in sporting events. Just typically speaking and broadly across most sports, precocious athletes most often peak early. This is true in weightlifting in classes where bodyweights are limited; true, too, in pro football where star running backs coming in to the NFL are often as good (yards per carry) as they will ever be within a year or so. One last comment that the more "skill" a sport has, the longer the potential to increase performance exists.

great video man keep it up

great video youre hella underrated (maybe for next video instead of fastest 100m its 200m?)

Good analysis and really good food for thought coz I personally would always wonder as to what happens to these exceptional prospects

Great vid!!👍👏

I never knew or thought about records per age. I remember seeing a lad younger than me (so had to be 13 or younger) run a 10.something and thinking he had that extra edge over the field. Just assumed he had trained and would go on to decent competitions. I knew I couldn’t have beaten him, and was running 400m that day which I won, but later that year I ran 11.2 in the 100 on grass - and I could only think back to that lad and be in awe of him and wondered if bothering to go training would’ve made a difference. Although I would’ve found it highly dull. Having said that, my strength was very short burst speed - ideal for my rugby and think it would’ve been better received if I had lived in the states. It’s like football/soccer. There were some truly talented lads at my school who would’ve just failed school and disappeared. When I went to collage I met a lad doing A-level PE and was an England player, yet he wasn’t as talented as those lads I once knew. He even asked me to go easy on him in his trials & demonstration assessment. It’s often about chance. Or who you know. I had it first hand at county trials for rugby. Was selected in the final roster after the trials; was asked my details, but then after seeing them huddle talking, they turned back and said technically I couldn’t play because I went to a school in the wrong location yet I lived in that county. Sure enough the next county never even let my try-out due to my home address. Some kid got lucky that day.

I'm subscribing because you don't use those awful clickbait titles that TRP uses. Good video and keep it up!

it's funny that a 14 year old boy can beat the Women's 100m world record.

Great video

I was the 1987 boys U12 South African 100m champion with a time of 12.3. This vid is not good for my ego hahaha

I believe I was your 36th subscriber last week, now you're over 100 this week. I was one of Jared Owen's first 100 subscribers. Hopefully you are as successful as him. It seems like you will be. For example, this video is awesome.

thats a good video my friend

yeah please do more of them for events like 200 and 400, also mention the wind aided marks as well.

Great video man, earned a sub. And you shouted out TRP!

As a track junkie this was very refreshing 😊

Nice video, it's interestig how many Asian sprinters hold records within their age class. I'm hoping Boonson can continue to develop his speed.

I had no idea Nyckoles Harbor held age group world records, but I am also not that surprised. He truly is a beast, and you didn't even mention his best (imo) performance -- he ran 20.7 for 200m indoors with no blocks!

very interesting video

I left this comment on the Noah Lyles video on Total Running Productions site but it remains relevant to this video: 'His coach is on point and has the correct understanding. That training target below your current potential with a gradual close towards peak personal ability is the way to go. There is almost no point in forcing a teenage prodigy to push to their maximum ability at that age (for example). It is much more holistic and goal-oriented to sub-maximally develop and prime the machinery for that end-point to be attained when the physical form and neurodevelopment would support such an outcome. Sprinters usually achieve this between their mid-20s to early 30s. Prior to this, it serves near to no purpose to train and function close to your maximal output and inherently increases the risk of injury that would almost certainly reduce the upper limit of potential ability. Any Achilles' tendon rupture or hamstring tear would almost certainly reduce the output and result (sprint times, peak velocity) that could have been delivered otherwise. Often the hardest part is the psychological and mental reframing that is required in individuals who are so highly driven in such a pursuit. Sometimes, it can be to their detriment.' Young people should not be discouraged by their results or standing relative to others until the peak point of personal musculoskeletal, neurological and psychological development has passed. The curve of development and peak demonstrates a great degree of variation and the ultimate result is not reliably predicable with a great degree of confidence. If life provides a moment to reflect, it is that lesson that should be passed on the the younger peoples... keep pushing and don't look over the fence too much.

I remember at high school in New Zealand, one of our boys ran 11 sec flat. We were all amazed at that.

It's often just down to the rate at which some boys mature physically towards adolescence versus the majority. Simple example, at 11, I was the fastest over 100m in my year at school...but the following year, I was overtaken by two other boys both of whom had by then started to sprout facial hair etc when I was still waiting for the first hair under an armpit and elsewhere haha. This difference in growth rate is why the vast majority of child prodigies in sport exist and why they then disappear again when adolescence catches up for everyone and the playing field is levelled out again. It is only then that one can really see who the most talented are.

What a unique idea for a video. I have always wondered about age-group winners and whether they kept running. Great job!! Now, how about the girls??

I'm glad you understand the Bromell Situation.

I was told by a athlete who competed in his country's national team as a hammer thrower that the average time in which a athlete can reach top performance is 5 years, so if you perform well as a junior your peak performance abilities may be over once you reach senior level

Don’t take this the wrong way but I totally love this 70s style of production!! Sound, font and framing! Keep it coming!

647,753 views, 5.3k likes, 497 comments, 1.85k subscribers. Nice!!

I peaked in high jump in the 10th grade at 6"5' and my 12th grade yr I couldn't clear 6"4". I was pretty heart breaking my senior year considering I thought I would be Jumping 7"0" by then but it didn't turn out like that even though its still my high schools sophomore HJ record it still bothers be 23 years later.

Amazing! Did they develop early, or were they older than believed?

Amazing

2 years ago i started doing track and ran 12.89 at 12yrs without blocks now im 14 and run 11.9 no blocks and im hoping to improve alot as i had to miss out when i was 13 due to moving

I am three and a half years old right now and I managed to get my first sub 7 second time on 100m. It was unofficial though, because the person who clocked the time was busy looking for boogers in his nose. But i swear on my albino Tiger that its a true story and I just lost the Guinness paper where it says WORLD RECORD. I also played THE FLASH in the TV series because of it. That way they didnt had to use special effects. Its really true and it happened.

There was a kid that used to go to my school named Maenda Maenda (goes by Andrew Maenda) who claimed to be the fastest juvenile sprinter in Australia with a 100M dash time of 11.10 seconds

I am 11. I set silver in my country's U12 race at age 10 scoring 12.24s at finals which was my PR... But now at age 11 I qualified again for my country striking bronze in 11-12 year old racing, me scoring 12.1 sharp which I had my PR up by 0.14s which was amazing! I felt shocked and proud for myself to get 3rd, 1st place scoring 12.06s which was like a fifth of a step ahead of me.

RU-vid gods at work.

Trinidad in the house thank you bro,,

Could you do one for the 60 meters or 80 Aswell bcs I only started running 100m at 13 year old before we did 80 or 60 in our country

congrats on this vid blowing up lol

I remeber back in the days I ran against kids who were winning medals at the national schools comps and world youth games, they were amazing as youngsters and also very well developed for their age. When we hit the junior ranks going into adults others started to catch up with them physically. Now most of the best dropped out of sport altogether, whereas the one whobwere just behind them carried on and made it to the top. I've wondered if this was as the best kids were there due to early development and did not need to put in the hard work to be great, and when other caught up they didn't have what it took to carry on amd put in the hard work.

I was a huge ninja warrior fan growing up as a kid, there was always a few elite contendors that would make reapparances on the show in hopes of becoming the next ninja warrior. One of the athletes that i still remember despite it being like 15 hears was a gas station worker named shingo yamamoto. Was really hoping the one mentioned in the video wad the same one but it seems unlikely

I think a video in pole vault would be super interesting (guess who basically all of them are?)

great performance

You should do some about 11 and 12 year olds, I'm friends with a kid named Gunner Hammet he's broken 3 national records a cool kid really. We play on the same football team and he indeed is one of our star players.

Those times are absolutely dizzying!

You should do the same for the 5k. My 6 year old comes to parkrun with me most Saturday’s. I thought he did exceptionally well with a PB of 28:55, beating a lot of the adults. But then I looked up the record. A 6 year old managed to go sub 20 mins in the 5k!

In 1985, I was running 12.46 aged 14 at 5' 2". The times these guys run is crazy. I'm 53 now and running mid 14s. BUT 5' 5" !

You should do this style of video again, but with 800m or 1600m instead

10.82 is crazy at 13 holy crap ! i was a sprinter in melbourne aus most of my childhood and teens . my p.b in my last 100m ran when i was 18 was a 10.93 thats my greatest sporting achievement by far , completely clowned by a 13 year old

A 6 year old being faster than I've ever been. That is insane. I'm certainly not fast when it comes to speed, but considering my size it just sounds insane for any 6 year old to be faster.

Willie Washington is now a NCAA shot put athlete.

I was not expecting Thailand in there at all. What a pleasant surprise that came out of my home country!

When I was 10, I am 11 now. I ran 12.26s, which was the 2nd highest in my country. I qualified for my region and in the 100m sprints finals, I ran 12.24s which set my 10yo PR by 0.02s which is still amazing and I won Silver in my country. 1st place coming in at 12.2s sharp.

Currently i'm an ultrarunner but as a kid until i was 17 I played table tennis on a high level. Sometimes we had to compete against Chinese and Russian kids in tournaments. They were much better at a younger age. This has a lot to do with the culture they grew up in and doesn't say much on how good they will be when they're adults. (I once played a tournament where the Russian kids didn't get to eat that night if they lost against one of our players). In the West and especially Western-Europe sports federations are far more careful when it comes to young talents. Don't bring them too early! Probably the lesson we've learned from Eastern Germany.

Brommell casually slowing down there towards the end of his 9.84...saving himself for turning 20?🤯

Could you do the 400m?

1:07 Do many runners place their feet sideways when running ?

I coached sprinters for many years, and I always said I did not care who the fastest 15 year olds were, because the kids who are just starting to hit their stride at 18 are statistically superior over the long term. Fred Kerley, anyone?

Where do you find the WR for each age? I’d love to know the mile records by age. Can a recreational 40 year old runner match the world mile record for an 80 year old?

I did 12.46 at 14 and thought that was good... These guys are on a totally different level!

i Got 2 silver medals in national competitions when i was 10-11 in Hurdles. 2 years later, i could not even qualify for the same event.

I got cripple when i was 6 weeks old due to braininjury cut the connection to my upper leg muscles. Took me 19 years just to walk. But i am pretty sure i trained more then most professional athletes. Being able to walk without help or devices is one hell of a motivator. But if you don't mind i pass when it comes to walking records..

Imagine being a professional female sprinter and not being faster than a 12 year old boy. Then complaining about equality.

One thing that happens, often, is that the kids who were winning easily earlier on find it hard to cope when people they used to beat are now catching up.

Would have been cool to see overlay comparisons of all age groups together. Eg.age 8 vs age 12 vs age 16 ect Seeing a 12 year old 1 second behind a 18 year old would have given some real perspective. Still a good video though

you should update the list, the two fastest under-20 athletes are Letsile Tebogo who ran in 9.91 in 2022 and Issam Asinga in 9.89, under-20 world record and also South American record

Did any one observe that audio and video not showing same person?

Can you do others on the other events?

Darril brown's career was held back alot by injuries.

The VAST majority of teenage star sprinters do not become senior star sprinters. Only a very small minority of champion teenage sprinters have gone on to make an Olympic final. Ato Boldon has spoken about this subject many times.

I've held my high school 15 yo discus record (1kg/2.2lb) at 51.04 m since 1986 . What's sad is that the younger gen haven't beaten that as records are meant to be broken . It bugs me that it still stands because some seriously talented prospects aren't involved in sport these days .

I don’t know if it’s the same person, but there’s a Willie Washington of the right age competing in shot put in college.

I played soccer with a kid named Anton Jamir. I was a mid distance runner and always thought i was a mediocre sprinter cuz id just get matched up vs him losing to him by significant margins. But after seeing that he ran a 10.2 sec 100m and my pr was 11.5 secs I didnt feel as bad. I felt he shoulda made it to the olympics but he just kinda vanished off after HS 2003.

At 11 and 12 years of age I ran 100m at 11 m/s. I would finish the race be given a paper token with my time and walk over and watch the end of the race thinking I did something wrong. I still have the pennants and the times and the certificates.

Lets be real, all the fastest kids are twice as tall as their classmates

Bromell was the most consistent 9.83s 100m adult sprinter ever.

Average professional football or soccer player runs easily under 12,45sec/100m. Still crazy that 9 year old has done a time like that.

I always wondered how kids actually get scouted. I was a quick lad back in 7th/8th grade.... I remember chatting with a classmate who ran sub-11 seconds at age 12/13 and how he needs to train, go to competitions, etc. During PE class, we're always about neck-to-neck... but I never trained. I spent my after-school at my buddies playing N64 or Starcraft. I wonder how many other top-tiered athletes are out there who just were never noticed, never given a chance, or just fell through the cracks.

Youth phenoms power to weight ratio is very high. It's hard to maintain that because theirs is so out of balance. Wear and tear and maintaining that power while gaining weight asking with motivation can be daunting

4:44 on track 8 is Muhammad Zohri from Indonesia.. he was world champion under 20 (10.18) (2018).. and 10.03 championship in Japan which made him qualify for olympics..but now....???😭🙈

Insane

My friend is 14 and he runs 100m in 10.75s, with no training.