Micah Williams 9.83 (+2.5)

9.94 in no wind. Let’s hope he doesn’t burn out during college season.

Micah WilliamsOregon
9.83+2.5 m/s
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1
0.155
2
Brandon CarnesUnited States
9.93+2.5 m/s
1
0.129
3
Mouhamadou FallFrance
10.07(10.061)
+2.5 m/s
1
0.152
4
Emmanuel MatadiLiberia
10.07(10.062)
+2.5 m/s
1
0.177
5
Kyree KingUnited States
10.10+2.5 m/s
1
0.163
6
Ilias GarciaUnited States************************ kid is for real it appears
10.11+2.5 m/s
1
0.120
7
Aaron BrownCanada
10.14+2.5 m/s
1
0.178
8
Raymond EkevwoNigeria
10.15+2.5 m/s
1
0.165
9
Mike RodgersUnited States
10.19+2.5 m/s

Wth the spread from 1-3. Either Micah is out of his mind, or everyone who placed worse than second had a dog of a race. Brown? Total meh. Garcia not proven yet, the issue will be who can elevate from the cloud of meh.

That is absolutely flying. Williams'd possibly be sub 9.90 wind legal.

Since when does a 10.23 equivalent count as the "real deal" for Whatley?!?!

He’s so stubby. Fun to watch run.

Ben Johnson 4.0! Super-fun race to watch!

Look at this race profile, execution, and form, and tell me that it doesn’t remind you of 9.83 Rome, or 9.79 Seoul. LMAO, “the gun sounds, and the race is over”! 💥

10.17 in April tells us the guy has sub 10,10 ability, that is the real deal.

Is he really the 5'8" he's listed at? In the race, he looked much taller to me.

Honestly, he doesn't come off to me as a Ben Johnson. Not even Coleman as much (though a bit more so in that sense). His first 20/30 doesn't pop out as much as you'd think it would; I felt the same was true of his 60 NCAA title last year.

What stands out for Micah is his 30 to 80 segments. Certainly that 30 to 50 transition area is his bread and butter. But he still seems to lack a bit in the last 20 (and much more reminiscent of Coleman). Against his NCAA peers, that last 20 won't mean anything (unless Boling has the start of his life, maybe). But against the world, it's definitely a problem.

Oh come on. That doesn't fit your MO at all. How old US the guy? And why 10.17?!?! 10.11 +2.5 is NOT a 10.17, bud.

Overall you’re right, of course—that was just my initial impression of the race, especially the side view of separation, his vmax form, and nobody apparently meaningfully gaining on him in any segment.

Actually he has already ran a 10.16 and is only a JC guy. We see him running stuff that hints at better things in the future.

Before that 9.88 I knew nothing about him, that time introduced him to all of us, now it is looking at while at was bogus he did have speed and somebody to pay attention to, as opposed to him running a 10.36 and it becoming obvious .....nay nothing to see here,

100 METERS
9.99
Fred Kerley
(Nik)
03/26
Hurricane Inv
10.03
**Matthew Boling
(Ga)
03/25
Florida State R
10.10
**Ismael Kone
(NOrleans)
03/25
Texas R
10.14
**Devon Achane
(TxAM)
03/25
Texas R
10.15
Zach Jewell
(unat)
03/26
Bulldog R
10.16
***Ilias Garcia*******************
(MSAC)
02/26
CSLA Inv
10.17
*PJ Austin
(Fl)
03/25
Texas R
10.20
**Da’Marcus Fleming
(LSU)
03/19
Castillo Inv
**Kalen Walker
(Ia)
03/19
Castillo Inv
10.21
*Elliott Cummings
(NOrleans)
03/25
Texas R

Ironically, a 10.16 (+1.6) equates to.....you guessed it; 10.23ish.

I mean, he's sprinter of some general consequence, but unless he's 18 or something, you being supportive of a claimed 9.88ish guy that's now appearing to be a 10.2x basic guy doesn't fit your MO.

It's early, so maybe he becomes a 10.1x basic guy and with a great wind goes 10.03 +/- .02. But after getting headlines with a 9.88, it seems like a considerable "correction" (i.e. reduction) of real current ability level to me.

Anybody know how old he is?

I don't play that silly basic stuff, the guy ran a 10.16 which makes him somebody to keep an eye on and I will. What about that don't you understand?

A .9.88 will get a guy noriced, and it did.

Considering that he's currently really just a 10.2x guy, and you have said in the past that you don't really give much credence to people 10.2 and over....I dunno. That, to me, is odd. But you contradicting yourself is hardly a new occurrence.

Update: as far as I can tell, Ilias Garcia is around 23 or 24 years old. But I could be wrong. I wonder if he went into the military for a while and just recently entered college; would explain a lot. As far as I can tell his senior year of high school was 2016. He purportedly ran a 10.72 or so at that stage of his development, so I can buy he's a 10.2x/10.1x guy by now if things went a certain way for him and he kept training in one way or another for sprints; especially with a possible military sign up at age 18 to recently.

Might not bode well for developing into a legit 9.9 guy, though...Jacobs not withstanding. But these days, who knows, maybe Jacobs proves to be more of a possible standard if people keep plugging away.

Never contradict myself, so...???

Anytime we see anyone running a 10.1 anything as a college kid we can look forward to something faster. This kid has that "potential" and once he moves on to a Oregon, USC, ASU whatever, lets see where he ends up.

You do know there are tons of examples of sprinters running faster times with less wind than some of their other times with more wind......right?

Look. It doesn't matter what you think about basic, the fact that 10.16 (+1.6) correlates incredibly well with 10.11 (+2.5) pretty much says it all. It's just useful for context, anyway. Because, for example,without the context of the 9.88 being a somehow a fudged result, then he SHOULD have been challenging or beating Micah in this race..and not friggin .28 back from him for gods sake. So...context matters, meaning basic matters on some level, as well. It doesn't have to be BIBLE, but it's a tool in the tool box.

You actually know this. You value wind info, and are probably are a closet basic user, as much as anyone. But only when it suits you, of course. I'd also call that contradictory...