I am just totally blown away and in awe. Simply amazing. Every time you think you have seen Demps live up to his potential, he just blows past it to a whole 'nother level.
And you all said sub 10 wasn't possible yet?
Pshaw, he'll beat Bolt at the olympcis, just you wait and see!
NO!! I just found out and was going to be the 1st post and then i saw this but yea...they said he did amazing and he also cramped up next to him in the finals...nice run!
1 Spearman, Wallace 24 Unattached 20.40 1.3 1
2 Covington, Leon 21 Unattached 20.57 4.8 3
Good to see Leon is still running as well.
I hope Demps and Cherry will race against each other before they reach college. Has Cherry been invited to Eugene this summer?
TrackCoach72I hope Demps and Cherry will race against each other before they reach college. Has Cherry been invited to Eugene this summer?
That is if they both decide to run and not play football.
OK, now your predictions for the Trials....
This time is sick...(as i said it would be..
I'm gonna say with good conditions and slight wind to the back...he'll go 10.05
not to take anything away from him but was the wind legal?
it says +2.2
lol "maxx" said demps was gonna beat bolt O_0....im just as much a fan of demps as the next guy but he wont come close to bolts 9.74
Yea bolt will be long gone...but everyone know's that. Its just crazy that the next great american sprinter could come out of Florida...again. If he's running these times already...dang. lol. What did bolt, tyson, and osafa run?
Oh BTW when i asked about the other athletes times (osafa, tyson, bolt) i was asking what times did they run when they were his age? does anybody want to show off their stat skills?
I will, I will!!
At 17 years old, Usain Bolt ran 19.93 for the 200.
Tyson Gay had high school bests of 10.46 and 21.23
I think CBS should fire Carol Lewis and hire me
When Bolt was 18, he ran 19.93 in the 200 and had a 45.3 already under his belt from the previous year. There's some stats for ya
Shout Out to Jeff though. That mark is insane
3200fanWhen Bolt was 18, he ran 19.93 in the 200 and had a 45.3 already under his belt from the previous year. There's some stats for ya Shout Out to Jeff though. That mark is insane
I believe Bolt ran that 200 at 17.
Edited: Bolt ran the 19.93 on April 11th, and turned 18 in August of that year. CRAZY!!
It's crazy how they're times for the 200 are so much better at his age, and he can barely even finish a 400...yet his 100 meter speed is unmatched at his age (or barely matched). he is truly built for short bursts of speed!
florunna09It's crazy how they're times for the 200 are so much better at his age, and he can barely even finish a 400...yet his 100 meter speed is unmatched at his age (or barely matched). he is truly built for short bursts of speed!
I believe height plays a little part in that. Usain is VERY tall and thus he ran fast 200 times at a young age. He has always had that top end speed, and he could use it more in the 200. Now that he has the starts down and can get up to his speed quicker, we see his amazing 100 time.
I believe that Demps could be a sub 20-200 guy with the right training. He doesnt focus on it yet, so it suffers. Once he gets the endurance, he should see low to sub 20.
Does anyone know if Demps is going to run at NON?
andy3Does anyone know if Demps is going to run at NON?
I'm 80% sure he IS NOT running NON. That would be a lot of racing right before the Trials, which are in 3 weeks.
Personally, i think if demps qualifies for the olympics at 18, football is going to have to take a backseat in his life.
NavcitymilerPersonally, i think if demps qualifies for the olympics at 18, football is going to have to take a backseat in his life.
I hope so. But, I also hope he does what he wants. Just cause he is good at track doesn't mean he enjoys it more than football. Like a wise man once told me (Coach Woz) If your heart isn't in it, quit kidding yourself. I will end this post with a quote for everybody
FOLLOW YOUR HEART.
Some people on LetsRun are comparing this to Alan Webb's 3:53 mile.... and I was talking to Brandon Miles about this (the Virginia webmaster) and he agreed. I don't think this has yet truly been recognized for what a remarkable feat this is.
This may be GREATER than Alan Webb's 3:53 mile, Brandon pointed out to me, because 10.03 is competitive on the world scene right now. Webb's time is tremendous and was held for many many years but a 3:53 mile is not especially competitive on the world scene.
Demps is now the greatest high school 100 meter runner in history. Do we realize that?
jason
Demps is now the greatest high school 100 meter runner in history. Do we realize that?
With all due respect to Jeff, J-Mee Samuels (sp?) is the greatest high school 100 meter runner in history. He still holds the record of 10.07. Jeffs was wind-aided and even if it was only .2 over, it still was.
Alan Webbs time was and still is a high school record. Jeffs time is not. Its that simple to me.
It's hard to say Jeff's 10.03 performance isn't as or even more astonishing than Webb's 3:53 just because he doesn't have the true (legal) national record. Some high school records in the US are just simply better than others. Even looking state by state this is obvious. Joe Franklin has the state series record in the 1600 at 4:08, and most other states have lower marks than that, but Florida's 100m record is probably much lower than most other state records.
With that said, I still think Alan Webb's time is better for now - unless Jeff backs up his 10.03 with another remarkable (and legal) time at the trials. If not, I can't wait to see him in a gator uniform next year!
What happened in the finals? 10.51?
According to reports, he cramped up.
Yes word is he was running really well, and right with the athlete who ran 10 flat in prelims when he felt some tightness and decided to pull back due to the fact that trials are so close he didn't want to risk anything...so pretty smart on his part. But he's fine....
Also, I was astonished at how little credit people gave this. I understand the wind and that most people are distance lovers on here who can't imagine getting close to 4minutes let alone 3:53...BUT I don't see how a 10.03 which is the fastest time ever recorded by a high schooler and the wind was only .2 over and this was good enough for 2nd in PRELIMS vs pro's all over the world....deserves some credit! lol.
I don't know if you can give the GOAT to Samuels over Demps outright. Did Samuels finish third in a field of pros? He has also got the trials to drop his time and especially if he placed high and even made the team...its no question he is the GOAT over Samuels even if he doesn't get the national record. A 2.2 wind is not much, if it was a 3.0 or greater then I'd be skeptic and his fine showing at Pre was wind legal.
And in the comparison between the performance by Webb and Demps. America's pros in the sprints are also the World's best....America's pros in the distance races are not anywhere close to the World's best (especially at the time when Webb ran his time in high school). I'm a Virginia guy and distance guy, so you would think I would be bias towards Webb but I see too much ignorance with our distance track fans who will get excited and out of their chair about an 8 minute 4x800 or sub 4:20 miler, yet not give the same respect to a girl throwing over 160 feet in the discus, a girl long jumping over 20 feet, or a boy knocking on the door of a sub 10 second in the 100. We had two girls set state records in field events this year in Virginia, but little buzz was generated on the message board about their performances. However, you can bet there was plenty of buzz on distance performances this year that were far inferior to high school girls performances of a 161 foot mark in the discus and multiple marks over 20 feet in the long jump. We need to take the distance goggles off for a second and truly appreciate some great performances by Demps and non-distance athletes that are once a generation and maybe even a lifetime.
German Fernandez would have no chance of running with those professionals in the mile or 2 mile (Luke Puskedra honestly had no business being in the 2 mile at Pre Classic), yet I bet most of the message board posters on MileSplit, DyeStat, Letsrun would pick him as the high school athlete of the year in the US when you got a guy in Demps who actually can beat many of the World's top professional sprinters. Demps gets my vote as high school athlete of the year.
I love Jeff Demps, and do believe what he is doing is remarkable. BUT, the 10.03 was illegal with the wind. I think he will break Samuels record at the Trials, but until then, Samuals is the GOAT. He, unlike Demps, dominated in BOTH the 100 and 200.
Here is Samuels Resume':
AT MT. TABOR HS: Ranked by Track & Field News as the country
Yea that is impressive...BUT you act like Demps' resume is not just as good. I dont know about the national sprinter of the year (but who else would they give it to?) and he won the 100 two years in a row in arguably the fastest state in the US and broke walter Dix's state record...also ranked Athlete of the year ( maybe twice) by the Orlando sentinel, has run 10.17, 10.19,(both legal) and 10.03 (2.2+ almost legal) which is the fastest time ever recorded by a high schooler wind or no wind...so that deserves some respect. His performance is WAY superior to webbs and in my opinion isthe greatest HS 100 meter guy ever. (and when he breaks the record again legally he will be the greatest ever.)
When Demps medals at the olympics we'll know the greatest 18 year old athelte ever.