• factor x
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/24/2011 9:14PM - in reply to The Stache
      • factor x
      • 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
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/24/2011 9:24PM - in reply to factor x
      • zip zero nada
      • Sorta, but one thing you have to realize he is a world class athlete. Missed bronze at the 2008 Olympics by 1 centimeter.
    • kipketer
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/24/2011 9:27PM - in reply to The Stache
      • kipketer
      • 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
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/24/2011 11:18PM - in reply to factor x
      • factor x
      • 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!
    • 26mi235
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/25/2011 9:20AM - in reply to factor x
      • 26mi235
      • 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
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/25/2011 9:40AM - in reply to factor x
      • The Stache
      • 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
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/25/2011 12:22PM - in reply to The Stache
      • ZIMBABWE
      • 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
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/26/2011 7:48AM - in reply to ZIMBABWE
      • Missing the mark
      • 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
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/26/2011 12:25PM - in reply to Missing the mark
      • Sean Nunn
      • 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
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/26/2011 1:17PM - in reply to Sean Nunn
      • factor x
      • 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
      • RE: WOW! 9.97 100m finals at ACCs. 4/26/2011 4:19PM - in reply to ZIMBABWE
      • Night Runner
      • 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.