Fred Kerley 44.73 400m @ Mt. Sac

Running on pure hate👀

not well considered, but obvious is that the 100 and 200 have an aerobic portion, which maybe 10 to 15 percent or some such.

this means you need a 46 and preferably a 45 as top sprinter or you won't be doing the last 20m in a 100 and the last 60m of a 200 optimally

and that means no podium or gold.

Bolt and the Jamaicans always ran a 400 early to check on their base strength, where a 45 high indicated all systems go.

a faster time however, a 44 is wonderful but you already may be compromising explosive speed, which is a very different animal to running the last 100m of a 400m, which is actually enters the land of the middle distance runner, at the line 400 guys are going 1500m speed.

I knew a gold medalist 200/400 guy. He seemed pretty dialed in and didnt care about being a finalist in the 100. Took a little longer to "unwind". My point is that Im sure Bolt had no intentions for the 400 but I get what you are saying. Is Kerley more like my teammate or Bolt?

With such a range,

Should Fred be closer to the 200M WR?

He's faster than Noah at 100m and 400m.

Has he underachieved time-wise at the 200?

If we took the best 400m cats for all the schools yep....fantasy, the 4x4

lane

1.ASU

2.UCLA

3.Florida

4.USC

5.Texas A&M....Curtis Mills....Bryce Deadman...Deon Lenore....Fred Kerley

6.Baylor

7.LSU

8.Oklahoma....three Jamaicans and the 6-6 Jason Rouser

Those HBCU schools pretty potent in this event, many times making NCAA finals,

Trivia

What school could run two 400 world record holders there together? One handing off to the other?

While in high school Wllt Chamberlain ran the 400, what a sight that must have been.

Kevin Young on the USC team? Really??

DUHO~~~~~~~~~~~

Put Young in place of Warren Edmonson. now add Curtis Conway to where Young had been.

Brain fart I guess,

Going from 400 specialist to 100 world champ is like a 5k specialist dropping down to 800 and winning world gold. Suspicious to say the least. His run ins with police indicate a IDGAF mentality, one necessary to make the commitment to taking the prohibited sauces.

fred Kerley is exhibit A in how conversion charts don't work. mo Farah is exhibit B

hasn't pretty much the entire all time top 10 in the 100 been implicated. everyone but bolt!?

on a much lower level, I had a kid who was committed to being a 400 runner from 9th grade on. he put in the extensive, intensive, speed endurance work, etc. by senior year, his body had changed and he became much faster. became a 100 runner. because of his background as a 400 runner, he had the strength to train for the 100 all day. great recovery to stack workouts and recover compared to my other kids who were lifetime 100 types.

Kerley probably has some of that type of thing working for him. Usain bolt also made a similar change late into his teens.

Says whitey

Dude had a warrant for his arrest.

I think 44.7 and 9.8 should make for a pretty good 200, no?

He said after the race he thinks he has 43's in his legs. Wouldn't be shocked to see him make a 4x4 push this year especially because Lyles just proved he can't do it. Actually not unreasonable because he can probably split 44.1-44.2

Really hope he runs the 2 at USA'S.

I don't think anybody has pointed this out yet, but back when Fred Kerley initially announced that he would be focusing on the 100 meters for the upcoming Olympic cycle, he said that he was doing so in order to improve his basic speed, which he said he needed to do to get the world record in the 400 meters in the future. He said that his goal was to eventually be the first man under 43 seconds.

I wonder if he is actually following this vision. Maybe he is not saying anything publicly as of now to avoid putting too much attention and pressure on himself, as well as to avoid the spotlight while his legal dramas are still fresh. I personally think there is a fairly high chance that he is in fact low key recommitting to the 400 and that his failure to win gold and legal troubles have motivated him to get back to his vision and redeem himself. If this is the case we could be in for something special in the future.

Yeah go right to racism and play the racist card.

I got a suspicion that Kerley could run a sizzling 800m if he would train for it too. But understandably he wouldn't even want to try.

That was the original plan. And then he ran a 9.8. Then he ran a 9.7. Now he's following the money trail.