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Here in the U.S. the season is just getting started with some minor meets that a lot of the top athletes opt out of, resting up from the championships, or simply run in off events. I did just notice an interesting result tonight:

Marek Niit, sophomore from Arkansas, ran the 100m, even though I think of him as a long sprinter, mostly 200 and 400. Anyway, he ran a wind legal 10.21, first meet of the season. Finished first, too. That's pretty danged good. I never realized he had wheels quite like that, but you now have to put him on the short list of possible sub-10, sub-20 runners.
 
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Wow is that a great time. For anyone and let alone in his opening race. Maybe they will have to let him run some more 100 meters races. Is this race on flotrack.org? I want to see it.
 
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I haven't seen a video yet. It was at the Texas Tri-Meet with Texas-Arkansas-UCLA. Prior to that race, I believe his PR was a 10.46, so he shattered it. In fact, if the IAAF updates its list soon, that will stand as the fourth fastest time in the world so far, and only .04 behind the best time (established in sunny Jamaica).
 
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Niit is talented, but he's old for a collegiate sophomore at 23 years of age. he redshirted last season due to academic issues and didn't begin running at Arkansas until 2009, three years after he won the World Junior Championships in the 200-meters (2006).

he's talented, but he's not been able to stay on the track as much as you'd like due to outside factors.
 
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I know he is older and that is a shame but I'm still pumped about the time he ran. The only negative is that the wind was almost at the max allowable at 1.9! That is still a verysolid time. Like trackster said, he might just make a serious push towards 10 seconds flat or a sub 10 if he can build on his form. Ihave seen some talented sprintersfrom Estoniain the past. For a small country, they havea number of athletic men and women. It reminds me of Crotia. Let's keep a close on him this year. It sure would be great to see him go sub 10. He is as white as they come and it would help to knock down more stereotypes! Edited by: white lightning
 
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No more drug talk. We keep getting off topic. There are threads for that but I'm tired of talking about it. Let's get back to the outdoor season.
 
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I don't know how many interesting races there will be, but I just checked on the Floriday relays, live broadcast on distancepreps, and saw Brady Gehret from Penn State win the fourth heat of the 200 handily. 20.93. Not bad for a true 400 runner.
 
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Looking at the results so far, that was Gehret's second race of the day. Earlier he ran a slow 400, so it was good to see him come back in the deuce. In the 800, Loxsom was a DNF. Let's just hope that wasn't an injury.
 
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Brandon Byram scorched a 20.51 into a negative wind in his first race of the season. Very nice time. He is going to have a big season. He is one of the top 200 guys in the nation.
 
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Actually, it looks like he had a huge (not allowable) wind at his back. 3.8. So the time isn't that good.

Any news on the Euro front lately? Pickering? The Germans? I wish the season would start heating up soon. We've yet to see a 400 from Wariner or a race of any distance from Wheating. Maybe the Arkansas boys (Niit and Braddy) will bust one today.
 
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I got to watch the race on FloTrack. It says he had a 3.8 tail but i dont think it was too accurate. The wind was really changing direction alot according to the announcer. Like how the previous race that was run 1 minute before had a negative but then the following race had a positive. Ambler and Byram also were on a nation leading 4x1 relay with a 38.87.
 
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Here's the 1500m from last night's Mt. Sac Relays. Russell Brown wins, after having also done well indoors. Solinsky shows up well in 2nd, so his speed is looking good for a run at the Kenyans in his specialty, the 5k. Miles Batty of BYU hung with the pros to finish a close third. Patrick Casey, the longshot from Montana State, who did some amazing things indoors, was leading at the bell but faded badly in the last lap:
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&year=2011&event_id=69&video_id=42281
 
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A lot of meets this weekend.
Going through the results, nothing really stands out, but a few things worth mentioning.

Jordan Boase ran a windy 20.72 to win the 200m at the Kansas Relays against some very solid competition. I'm glad to know he's still at it. If he can stay healthy and get in shape, he can make the US team at the World Championships in the 400m.
Fast HSer Joe Fisher ran a 10.60; and a guy named Josh Schuler from Emporio State ran 10.47 (2.1w).

In Louisiana -
Drew Morano, who was a top collegiate 400m a few years ago, won the a time of 46.76
Barrett Nugent won the hurdles in 13.35w. So far he's having a great season.
Jared Connaughton ran 20.34 (4.1w)
Michael LeBlanc 10.59w - a shame that LeBlanc who was the Big East champion a year or two ago, is running sub-par.

At the ACC Championships, I was happy to just see Patrick Farmer's name.
He was a HS sensation last year, but had been unheard from most of this year - injuries presumably.
Today he came in 6th at the 400m - 47.83. Not a great time, but again, good to see that he is running.
David Ambler from Australia took 6th in the 100m with a time of 10.41.
 
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Jeremy Wariner opened (?) his season with a solid, 45.61 in Texas.
A good time for anyone . . . but I think a few years back JW was opening his season with low 45/high 44 times.
 
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David Ambler is actually from across the ditch (New Zealand)but is looking solid if not spectacular with the Seminoles.

I want to see him break into the mid 10.20s this year. That is the point at which someone becomes a true "international" in my book.

Do you know how the wind affected times, Jacknyc?
 
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mastermulti said:
David Ambler is actually from across the ditch (New Zealand)but is looking solid if not spectacular with the Seminoles.

I want to see him break into the mid 10.20s this year. That is the point at which someone becomes a true "international" in my book.

Do you know how the wind affected times, Jacknyc?
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The wind was at the max. allowable in this race - 2.0.
 
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Jenna Puterbaugh is a freshman sprinter at USC.
Somehow we missed her last year when discussing the top white, female HS sprinters.
Her bests are 100m -- 11.68 200m -- 23.67.
Yesterday she ran 24.18 and 54.53 at a meet in San Diego.

At the same meet, Jamison Jordan, who was arguably the best HS sprinter in California last year, got to run against some big names from Britain -
Chambers, DwainGreat Britain10.57 -3.4
Malcolm, ChristianGreat Britain10.81 -3.4
Fifton, Rikki Great Britain10.89 -3.4
Jordan, JamisonCal Poly11.09 -3.4
 
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Thanks for all of the great updates jacknyc. You did alot of the homework and we really appreciate it. Two more young sprinters to keep an eye on. Can't wait to see some really fast times in college in the month of May. Then the real fun happens in Europe this summer and with it all culminating at the World Champs of Track and Field.
 
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I found a few more results -
Shane Crawford, fastest white HSer ever, won the Jessie Owens Classic in 10.37. I'm happy to see him run a decent time. He (like many great HSers) hasn't run as fast in college as he did in high school. Finally, he's getting close.
Andy Robertson from Britain, ran a 10.35 in California.
I noticed that seemingly all of Britain's best sprinters are running in low-key meets in California - except Craig Pickering.
 
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Not only did Crawford win the 100, but Yuri Ratomski won the 200 (Crawford second). Not bad for a meet called the "Jesse Owens Classic."
 
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