LaJerald Betters the next Jemery Wariner?????? Watch the videos

no.

Wariner is the next Wariner, followed by Merritt.

I don't think he's on the level of Williamson, Rock, and Taylor yet. 400 is loaded broh.

Yeah for sure, which is why I say he won't qualify this year, but will be the bnext great 400m guy soon.

I hope not. Jeremy ran 44.00 at his age. Which means the quality level of the 400 would have gone back to 2001-2003.

if Betters can come down .83 in the 4, I'll believe.

if he comes down .50 I'll believe. Truth is, he won't.

I can see him breaking 44 one day. Of course the WR by then could be under 43. And Merritt would be running 43.6, and fighting for third would always be a battle.

Wariner and Merritt are 24 and 22 respectively. Wariner has another maybe, 5 years, and Merritt has another, 7 years. By then, Betters will be 27. I don't think you realize just how loaded the men's 400 is, for the next two Olympics. Even someone young and talented now will be past their prime by the time these guys are retiring.

firstly, who's to say that wariner and/or merritt won't get injured/lose form over the next few years?

secondly, not everyone progresses at the same rate - just because betters hasn't run 44.00 yet, and wariner did at his age, doesn't mean betters won't progress better in the next few years. just as michael johnson didn't run anything near as quickly as wariner has done at the same age. (admittedly, age-wise, wariner and merritt have progressed remarkably similarly). for another example, steve lewis ran sub 44 aged 19 but never ran quicker.

one british athlete to keep an eye on, although he's a long way away from world class at the moment, is martyn rooney, 45.19 this year, but ran a 44.1 relay leg at the wc last year and a 44.2 relay leg in the european cup today (coming from way back in 4th/5th to almost snatch the win). IF (that's a big if) he can convert this into individual races he could be running 44 low - mid fairly soon.

oh, and rooney is 21. and i know that loads of 21 year old americans have run quicker than 45.1

told you rooney was going to be the man! (well, maybe he'll get in the final and who knows, sneak a medal)

http://www.ukathletics.net/results/20080725_london/Data/M/400_R_f.htm

if anybody is the next jeremy wariner, its andrew rock.

competes in an almost identical anarboic event, and comes from identical ethnic background.

ethnicity isn't what is important, I am comparing them because of their times, body type, the way the race and the fact the both go to baylor. moron.

"the next jeremy wariner" does not mean the best white sprinter, but the best 400m runner.

Jordan Boase.

Lionel Larry if he can gain some in the 200.

Betters, quite simply, isn't fast enough. Larry beat both Betters and Boase head-head. Boase has run 20.37, but doesn't have the speeed endurance to compete with Larry (and of course Wariner) down the stretch. If Boase can gain that speed endurance (and maybe he can't) he will be able to compete with Wariner.

Rooney is a poser, mate. A turdball, joke of a man.

In America he wouldn't even be allowed to touch a track. You brits and your suckiness can get out of sprinting.

Christine Ohoohoogugu is a joke, she's also one of the ugliest women I have ever seen, she could be a good male sprinter for your country though.

and also you fricken tosser African british citizens need to stop f***ing up wikipedia. You're a bunch of losers and your IP's are recorded. Tosser f******.

Toyota Pious 2.0 wrote:

Wariner and Merritt are 24 and 22 respectively. Wariner has another maybe, 5 years, and Merritt has another, 7 years. By then, Betters will be 27. I don't think you realize just how loaded the men's 400 is, for the next two Olympics. Even someone young and talented now will be past their prime by the time these guys are retiring.

So the up-and-coming runners should just retire now? This is way too fatalistic, my friend. Someone may emerge who can flat beat Wariner and Merritt, or those two guys may get injured / lose form like someone else said. They will not necessarily have a strangle hold on the 400m for too long.

No, LaJerald Betters is not the next Jeremy Wariner, because Betters is black and Wariner is white. You idiot. Also, Wariner ran 44.00 as a sophomore.

"No, LaJerald Betters is not the next Jeremy Wariner, because Betters is black and Wariner is white. You idiot. Also, Wariner ran 44.00 as a sophomore."

You suck, go die in a dark hole.

Yeah, i started this thread a while ago, and it looks like Jordan Boarse may be the next king at the 400m, he has got the speed, and may take it over soon. Betters doesn't seem to have great 200m speed.

20.3 is not great 200m speed and Jordan is talented but not on Jeremy's level.

Well actually Jeremy's PR is like 20.19, so it really is good speed. Plus, Jordan is still brand new.

tshakur wrote:

"the next jeremy wariner" does not mean the best white sprinter, but the best 400m runner.

hate to bust your bubble, but jeremy wariner wouldnt get near the publicity if he wasnt white. yes, hes a great 400meter runner, but he is only so popular because he's so good AND white.

if he was black, he wouldnt get even half the publicity that he gets; and im not just speaking about letsrun media coverage, im talking about the the whole global media AND track spectators.

world/gold championships wouldnt matter.

to be "the next jeremy wariner", all youd you have to be is....

1. sub 44

2. white.

What you talking about? Jeremy doesn't get much publicity at all. EVERYONE knows who Michael Johnson is, even outside of track, and his gold shoes. NO ONE outside of track really knows who Wariner is. And the reason he is so popular is because he is so dominant and is amazing to watch. If you knew what you were talking about you would know that a few years ago white guys went 1-2-3 in the 400m at World Championships, but most people, even involved in track don't even know who they are.

Wariner was brand new in 2004 when he won gold, and two years younger than Boase is now. Just compare the two athletes physically and the contrast is obvious. Wariner is a freak who is built to run, Boase is an average stocky white kid with a few more fast twitch fibers than average.