Jared Connaugton runs 10.15!

[Pierce]

Men 100 Meter Dash
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Name Year Team Finals Wind
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1 1 Bolt, Usain JAMAICA 10.00 -0.9
2 6 Crawford, Shawn USA 10.25 -0.9 RT 0.157
3 4 Williams, Ivory USA 10.28 -0.9
4 5 Williams, Bernard USA 10.47 -0.9 RT 0.147
5 3 Forsythe, Mario JAMAICA 10.48 -0.9
6 8 Connaughton, Jared CANADA 10.51 -0.9 RT 0.170
7 7 Henry, Anson CANADA 10.57 -0.9 RT 0.143
-- 2 Anderson, Marvin JAMAICA FS -0.9
</PRE>Edited by: Pierce

 

[StarWars]

10.51. Very weird. But the good news is that Merritt is looking just awful in the 400, getting worse with every meet.

 

[Pierce]

Was his 10.09 wind legal?

 

[StarWars]

I don't know much about it other than that his bio confirms it. I assumme that it's legal becasue of that, but I have heard that it was at altitude. I wonder if he was hurt today?

 

[white lightning]

Was rooting for him and I must say I'm shocked but the time. Makes
the Super 8 Time look great in comparison. JayConn will bounce back.
He is too good of an sprinter to go out like that.

 

[jacknyc]

I don't think we should be shocked by the time.
Jared's PB is about .5 slower than Bolt's PB....and he finished about .5 behind Bolt. So that's about right. Everyone in the race ran much slower than their best times.
I think it is unfair to expect our guys, or any guys, to PB every time they run. Their PB is the best time they have ever run in all the races they have run, in all the years they have been competng. Unless they are up and coming (like Lemaitre), beating their PB is a once in awhile occurnce. Sometimes it's a never again occurence.
I just think we need to adjust our expectations for the sprinters we are rooting for.

 

[white lightning]

Excellent point jacknyc. I agree with you that fans can dream about things happening alot quicker than usual. It takes so much hard work just to stay in the same time range, let alone to keep breaking your personal bests.

 

[white lightning]

JayConn is running in a big meet in Canada this weekend in the 100! Let's hope he bounces back after the worst 100 he has had since high school. Good luck Jared!

 

[white lightning]

I don't know why but Canada has left Jared off the team. He is not in the individual 100 or in the 4 x 100 Relay Team. What is up with that? Unless he is on the individual 200 meters. I didn't get to see if he was. I sure hope so.

 

[albinosprint]

not on the realy is really BS!

 

[white is right]

He is on the team . He made the B mark in the 100 but of course he won't be sent. Here is the entire team.....Canada names Berlin contingent of 31 athletes
Perdita Felicien of Canada celebrates winning silver in the women's 100m Hurdles (Getty Images)

Perdita Felicien of Canada celebrates winning silver in the women's 100m Hurdles (Getty Images)

Athletics Canada has named 31 athletes who will compete at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany (15 â€" 23 August).

The Canadian team includes their two medallists from Osaka 2007, Gary Reed (800m) and Perdita Felicien (100m Hurdles), the latter having been World champion in Paris 2003.

Team

Ruky Abdulai - Long Jump
Esther Akinsulie - 4x400m
Dylan Armstrong - Shot Put
Bryan Barnett - 4x100m
Nathan Brannen - 1500m
Jared Connaughton - 4x100m
Reid Coolsaet - Marathon
Sam Effah - 4x100m
Alice Falaiye - Long Jump
Perdita Felicien - 100m Hurdles
Sultana Frizell - Hammer Throw
Kelsie Hendry - Pole Vault
Kimberly Hyacinthe - 4x400m
Jennifer Joyce - Hammer Throw
Rachel Lavallée - 20km Race Walk
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep - 100m Hurdles
Giitah Macharia - Marathon
Jenna Martin - 4x400m
Carline Muir - 4x400m
Amonn Nelson - 4x400m
Hank Palmer - 4x100m
Adrienne Power - 4x400m
Tara Quinn-Smith - Marathon
Gary Reed - 800m
Gavin Smellie - 4x100m
Andrew Smith - Marathon
Oluseyi Smith - 4x100m
Brianne Theisen - Heptathlon
Robin Watson - 3000m Steeplechase
Angela Whyte - 100m Hurdles
Dylan Wykes - Marathon

 

[swampfox]

Anybody heard anything out of another Canadian kid? Michael(?) Leblanc.Think he was running stateside with Syracuse(?).

 

[white lightning]

He is taking it easy over the summer. He ran his junior year last season at Syracuse and never quite found his old form. Michael is trying to get his body back right after major injuries. I hope he can regain his form in 2010.