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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is zero chance that is a real time unless your son has god tier athleticism and is a freak athlete.

Derek Henry's (the current top NFL RB) highschool PR was just under 11.0 seconds. There's no chance a freshman ran that his first year in track. [/quote]

Uh, subbing 11 seconds is not rare.  11.9 or whatever happens in HS.

Improvement on that time under 10.5 is.

Under 10.5 is Olympic qualifying.

Very, very few NFL players are in league of elite track athletes.[/quote]
You think a freshman who never ran track before is going out there and doing sub 11 100M?

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Yes I do believe a freshman can run sub 11. It fits with a trajectory of a future NCAA D1 sprinter.  Who knows how much a kid could improve? Boys often develop later so it makes sense for a sub 11 freshman to consider dedicating themselves to the sport.

10.5 won’t get you anywhere in the sport today. The Olympic Trials B standard is 10.20, a time that likely won’t get you into the NCAA finals although it will qualify for the entry into the meet. And 10.20 won’t get you anywhere at the Olympic Trials even though a qualifying time.

The Olympic A standard is 10.05. That is in essence the time needed to merely enter the Olympics, although countries without participants could get a slower athlete into the Games via nomination. The US has 8-10 guys with this standard. Going to the Olympics means 9.7 to win, and 9.8 to make the team (9.9 on a slow day).

Although football players are often fast, they are not sprinter fast. Daryl Green from the 80’s (10.1) and Ron Brown (10.0) from the 80’s and 90’s are exceptions. Football players have to run heavy otherwise they get knocked off their feet. It is one of the reasons the great hurdler from Maryland, Renaldo Nehemiah, in the late 70’s (world record holder) had only a modest career for the 49ers. He ran too high on his feet and could be knocked around. Derek Henry is a great athlete but doesn’t have speed comparable to an average D1 sprinter. Terrific speed for his size though. South Carolina has a football player at 220 pounds who is a SEC track finalist. A rare talent. Put on 20 pounds needed to go in the first round of the draft and that speed might be diminished.

Hope this helps give a frame of reference.  If there is any doubt as to the athletic future of a sub 11 freshman, the Bullis coach could inform better than most. He had a 16 year old in the Olympics this year. [/quote]

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