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Actually, I'm not certain how many yards he has. On TV, they say 9 carries for 100 yds. On Yahoo, they give him fewer. Looking good either way.

"He's got some jets"--it's about time someone noticed! This is a direct quote from the announcers regarding Robbie Frey, who just passed the 100yd mark, despite not touching the ball until midway through the third quarter. Of course, as you probably imagine, this wasn't an ESPN announcer, but...

Riggo--they just put Frey in, and he's downright electric compared to the guy they started over him. Ridiculous that he didn't get the start. He deserved it, and in the few carries he's gotten, he's proven it.

Here's a British video on the Borlees: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/world_olympic_dreams/9023208.stm

Wow. Agreed. That's very impressive. How old is he?

Other than the wind, we don't know anything about the conditions, but I think he must have run better than the time indicates. My reason for saying that is the massive margin of victory between Christophe and Wallace Spearmon (a top performer) in second. .21--that's a lifetime. Also, a quick...

Speaking of which...there is news on both Mottram and Gregson. Gregson has a broken navicular bone and is having to sit out the Commonwealth games. Hopefully, it doesn't keep him down too long, but ,as many of us know, the further down the body you get, the longer it takes to heal. Case in...

I refuse to give up my campaign to get this board interested in events other than the 100. Here's a new SI article on Andrew Wheating, the young American who's showing real potential to be the Kenyan-beater we've been needing in the mid-distances. Remember guys, the 100 isn't really track's...

Here's a little more about his race from yesterday. I wish we had a video (can any of our French amis find one?), as it sounds like LeMaitre was falling all over the place, having to slow down and restart. Sheesh, he's inexperienced. Reminds me of his 200m victory at the Euros when he was pretty...

DiLuigi's already reeled off a 43 yarder today. So far, he's got 66 yds on only 4 carries.

Looked around and couldn't find a topic for Burkhead. My gosh, let's show him some love here--he looks like the next Toby Gerhart! Averaging 10 yards/carry so far this afternoon...

Webb and Willis, our best veteran mid-distance runners, have spent the entire year trying to come back from injuries. Injury prevention is almost as important as quality training--trust me, I haven't been able to run for months, and I'm about to lose my mind!

Well, youth notwithstanding, he's definitely fading late in the season. He finished second before the home crowd, managing only 10.16, into a headwind (FWIW, he ran into a headwind the previous week, too). Looks like he's wearing down. One more race and then he needs to switch to offseason...

He's young. He can run every day. Very exciting to see Guliyev's name. Maybe he's gotten his training back on track and will follow Christophe to a good time.

For the CL prediction game, I'll go: 2011--100m 9.88, 200m--19.89 2012--100m 9.84, 200m--19.72 2016--world record at either 200 or 400

Zell--nothing we talk about on any topic, will make ever LeMaitre faster or slower. The boards exist for our entertainment. We discuss whatever interests us. Many of us are angry at watching an athlete we have grown to love compete against drug cheats with unfair advantages. This same discussion...

Zell--Well, I'm sure most people on the board will disagree with my contention about LeMaitre and the 400, because the track board on this site is obsessed with the 100 at the expense of all other distances, but LeMaitre has the build of a 400 runner and, yes, unfortunately, the start of a 400...

The Injury Boys are coming back. In Milan today, Nick Willis (New Zealand, an Olympic silver medalist) won the 1500 in 3:35 and Allan Webb (US record holder) finished sixth at 3:36. Certainly not the best work these two gentleman are capable of, but every day it seems they are getting closer...

LeMaitre's reaction times are so slow you could clock them with a calendar. A lot of people write about him nowadays (not just here at cf) and it is the universal opinion that he is the most "raw" world class sprinter around. Dreadful reaction times, pitiful starts, strange running form, and...

And sexy Sally Pearson took the women's 100h. See, I finally noticed a hurdles race!

No, I'd never seen the Jeremy Bloom Superstars run, but thanks for bringing it up. Definitely worth a watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFpFJBR-L6M

A lot of teams play creampuffs in weak 1, so the starters don't get huge numbers, but some of note: --Nebraska went with Taylor Martinez at QB. He looked blazing fast and Burkhead had a nice game, too. --Stanford gave Tyler Gaffney plenty of work at rb. Like a certain other Cardinal TG, he...

Martinez was blowing past the secondary, and what made those highlights even sweeter was seeing Rex Burkhead make a nice run as well. Nebraska is joining Stanford and BYU as a top team to watch this year.

Well, I sure hope Craig makes it back. His total collapse this year was one of the most depressing track stories of 2010. I'd love to see he, Alan Webb, and Nick Willis all come back big next year. He has started a blog which I'm sure many track fans on the board will enjoy following...

Someone has posted a video (Japanese or something) of today's race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DC67FwizNE If you're looking for a great start, though, you won't find it. He finally improved his reaction time, but still is the least explosive out of the blocks. I, for one, can't wait to see...