WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs.

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  • The Stache
    8 years ago 04/24/2011 8:48pm CDT
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    9.97 +2.0 wind. Awwwwwwwwwwwwww dayum!

    http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/04-21-ACCChamps/Results21-2.htm

    Who is this guy Ngonidzashe Makusha? Did he run indoors?Never heard of him before.

    I know Demps ran 9.97 this year, but with something like a +2.5 wind. I am of course a Demps fan, but it's looking like the title will be a little tougher to take.

    Also, FSU men went 1-4 in the 200, all 20.91 and under!!! With legal wind. DAYUM!!!
    http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/04-21-ACCChamps/Results22-2.htm
  • factor x
    8 years ago 04/24/2011 9:14pm CDT
    re: The Stache
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    I mentioned this in another thread, but the wind readings weren't available. Never heard of him either. Looks like he's mainly been a long jumper (27'06-longest in the world this year). He didn't even run any sprints last year! Quite the breakthrough it would seem.
  • zip zero nada
    8 years ago 04/24/2011 9:24pm CDT
    re: factor x
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    Sorta, but one thing you have to realize he is a world class athlete. Missed bronze at the 2008 Olympics by 1 centimeter.
  • zip zero nada
    8 years ago 04/24/2011 9:24pm CDT
    re: zip zero nada
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    In the long jump.
  • kipketer
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    8 years ago 04/24/2011 9:27pm CDT
    re: The Stache
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    He was the ncaa lj camp in 08 and 09 and 4th at the olympic games.

    He is a very good long jumper
  • factor x
    8 years ago 04/24/2011 11:05pm CDT
    re: kipketer
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    Zimbabwe. New one on me.

    http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&year=2011&pg=1&event_id=477&video_id=43341&folder_id=recent&offset=3#video
  • factor x
    8 years ago 04/24/2011 11:18pm CDT
    re: factor x
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    Pardon my French but [email protected] SH!!!!!T it was his FIRST 100M EVER!!!!:

    "I mean Ngoni runs the fastest time in the world this year. Maurice runs the fifth-fastest time. We were really, really excited. It was a great day."

    Makusha, who won the long jump competition a day earlier and is ranked No. 1 in the nation in that event, delivered a blistering time of 9,97 in the finals to knock off last year's champ, Mitchell, by just ,06 seconds.

    It was the first time Makusha had competed in the 100m in his career. At any meet. And all the national-champion long jumper did was put up the fastest time in the world this year and break the ACC record in the process.

    "Everyone went crazy," Braman said with a laugh.

    "And then everyone immediately looked at the wind. Assuming it was five meters or something. Or a hurricane."

    The tail-wind was a legal two metres. So now, along with Mitchell's 10.03, FSU sprints coach Ken Harnden's dynamic duo has two of the top five times in the world.

    http://allafrica.com/stories/201104250047.html



    This blows my MUTHaF----- MIND!
  • factor x
    8 years ago 04/24/2011 11:23pm CDT
    re: factor x
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    O.K., the article was wrong- he competed World Juniors in '06 and ran 10.55 in 07. Still pretty crazzzzyyyy.


    http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=zim/athcode=227322/index.html
  • 26mi235
    8 years ago 04/25/2011 9:20am CDT
    re: factor x
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    If you are a world-class long jumper and a speed jumper, your take off speed has to be very good. He has the competitive sprint background that provides the basics for a good start. Thus, while he was off of the radar, his success is not as surprising. Also, if he had run 10.05 with a 0.5 mps tailwind would it have captured as much attention?
  • The Stache
    8 years ago 04/25/2011 9:40am CDT
    re: factor x
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    That's why it seemed familiar. I knew FSU had a huge jumper, I had just forgotten that this was him.

    WOW. Quite a discovery for your sprint corps, huh?
  • ZIMBABWE
    8 years ago 04/25/2011 12:22pm CDT
    re: The Stache
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    The coach Ken Harnden is a white zimbabwean. He was an olympic hurdler for Zimbabwe in Atlanta 96' if i am not mistaken. He competed at UNC and then went on to coach at FSU. He has recruited some great zimbabweans into that program. Does anybody remember Brian Dzingai? I think he was 4th in the 100 in beijing. Yup. Zimbabwean at FSU. Other than Ngoni they have another 400 runner with the name of Brian Chibudu, also a zimbabwean who also jumps some and i think was the anchor last year on their 4X100. And they just brought in some new guy named Paul Madzivire who was runner up to Ngoni in the long jump. He is just a freshman and has competed at world juniors. So because of Harnden going home and recruiting they have essentialy built there program out of Zimbabweans. Kinda funny that none of there distance guys are african. Who would have ever known this is why florida state has been such a powerhouse.
  • Missing the mark
    8 years ago 04/26/2011 7:48am CDT
    re: ZIMBABWE
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    Actually, they have had athletes from all over the world. To name a few:

    Mike Fout - American
    Dave Forrester - Brit
    Andrew Krumins - Australian
    Tom Lancashire - Brit
    Andrew Lemoncello - Scot
    Luke Gunn - Brit
    Walter Dix - American
    Gonzalo Barriollet - Chilean
    Richard Chambers - American / Jamaican
    Steve Gabaart - American
    Garrett Johnson - American
    Michael Ray Garvin - American
    Pelle Rietveld - Dutch
    Ciaran O'Lionaird - Irish
    Kemar Hyman - Jamaican
    Javi Garcia Tunon - American / Cuban
    Borlee Twins - Belgium
    Charles Clark - American
    Michael Putman - American
  • Sean Nunn
    8 years ago 04/26/2011 12:25pm CDT
    re: Missing the mark
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    It might be more accurate to say that he hasn't run the OPEN 100m in a few years. He runs on FSU's 4x100m relay. Still very impressive. Also, I have to give Maurice Mitchell (Raytown South class of 2008) props for being top 5 in the world in the 100 & 200 both. Not bad for a 21 year old. (I know that the pros are just waking up from their long winter naps).

    Sean Nunn
    Assistant track coach
    Raytown South High School
  • factor x
    8 years ago 04/26/2011 1:17pm CDT
    re: Sean Nunn
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    Even if the only thing he has to brush up on is his start out of blocks, it's still pretty crazy.

    Sean Nunn wrote:

    It might be more accurate to say that he hasn't run the OPEN 100m in a few years. He runs on FSU's 4x100m relay. Still very impressive. Also, I have to give Maurice Mitchell (Raytown South class of 2008) props for being top 5 in the world in the 100 & 200 both. Not bad for a 21 year old. (I know that the pros are just waking up from their long winter naps).

    Sean Nunn
    Assistant track coach
    Raytown South High School
  • Night Runner
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    8 years ago 04/26/2011 4:19pm CDT
    re: ZIMBABWE
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    Bob Braman is the head coach at FSU. A great coach - probably one of the top three in the country. He was also a good distance runner in his day.
  • ZIMBABWE
    8 years ago 04/27/2011 11:48am CDT
    re: Night Runner
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    I meant Harnden was their sprint coach...