America's Usain Bolt? 15-year old HS freshman Tyrese Cooper says he wants to run 19.9 before the year is up

No questions on the age issue I hope. Is this the real deal?

Plays football, so I hope he's durable.

There are two legit 200 runners this year with a shot at the 20.13 HS record.

Noah Lyles 20.18, and Michael Norman 20.24. Norman finished second to Lyles as the went 1 and 2 at the 2015 USATF Juniors. Both were HS juniors.

DiscoGary wrote:

No questions on the age issue I hope. Is this the real deal?

He's turning 16 this year so he's a little old for his grade. Huge talent regardless

Michael Norman, 45.19 last year, has a shot at the ancient HS 400 record of 44.69.

His 45.19 tied the HS record for HS only competition. The 44.69 (Darrell Robinson, 1982) was run in a pro meet, and was a Junior WR.

Side note: Robinson ( not sure if he was ever of accused of PED use) claimed Carl Lewis, Flo-Jo, Tom Tellez, Bob Kersee, and maybe others, were using, or giving out illegal PEDs. The only thing that came of the claims was that Robinson was blacklisted and no longer allowed to compete in money-making meets. The "authorities" squashed Robinson the whistle-blower.

TAA wrote:

DiscoGary wrote:

No questions on the age issue I hope. Is this the real deal?

He's turning 16 this year so he's a little old for his grade. Huge talent regardless

He's on the older side, but not a year ahead. He will turn 16 towards the beginning of 10th grade, which is still in the normal range.

By the way, he ran most of those times from a standing position -- he didn't learn to use blocks until late in the summer. He won the 100, 200 and 400 at the Florida middle school state championship as a seventh grader, and then again in eighth grade.

One hopes Cooper and Jamal Walton are clean, but their times are pretty had to digest! Cooper is very developed for his "age," Well over 6 feet tall.

No surprise Martin named Lewis, Tellez, Kersee, etc. as peddling PEDs. They were the leaders of the Golden Age of American doping.

If, by' America's Bolt', you mean he started doping early...

you're probably right.

Hate to say it, but why is his coach having him log miles and mid distance? Honestly, two or three miles isn't too much but it's definitely not the right way to develop the talent on his hands.

bolt had igf-1 lr3 until added in strong steroids in 2007.

obvious what is happenin but wada,iaaf stil ignore excists

I want to run 18.9!

18.9 for 100m. Your a hobby-sprinter.

The thing is, he plays football. I hope he goes for track, but the gridiron seems to pull much harder. Jeff Demps, Ted Ginn Jr, Randy Moss, and of course, CJ2K could all have gone to track and run sub 9.9, but they didn't. Hell, Bob Hayes reached the top of the mountain in track, but even after tasting that Olympic glory and "worlds fastest man" hype, the gridiron STILL pulled him away. Most likely, had Trayvon Bromell not broken both his hips (or was it knees?), we would be seeing a 4.1x 40 yard dash at the 2016 NFL combine.

Hopefully I'm wrong...

Sprinting&MidDistanceFan wrote:

The thing is, he plays football. I hope he goes for track, but the gridiron seems to pull much harder. Jeff Demps, Ted Ginn Jr, Randy Moss, and of course, CJ2K could all have gone to track and run sub 9.9, but they didn't. Hell, Bob Hayes reached the top of the mountain in track, but even after tasting that Olympic glory and "worlds fastest man" hype, the gridiron STILL pulled him away. Most likely, had Trayvon Bromell not broken both his hips (or was it knees?), we would be seeing a 4.1x 40 yard dash at the 2016 NFL combine.

Hopefully I'm wrong...

Ginn wasn't a 100m sprinter....f'tard.

Sprinting&MidDistanceFan wrote:

The thing is, he plays football. I hope he goes for track, but the gridiron seems to pull much harder. Jeff Demps, Ted Ginn Jr, Randy Moss, and of course, CJ2K could all have gone to track and run sub 9.9, but they didn't. Hell, Bob Hayes reached the top of the mountain in track, but even after tasting that Olympic glory and "worlds fastest man" hype, the gridiron STILL pulled him away. Most likely, had Trayvon Bromell not broken both his hips (or was it knees?), we would be seeing a 4.1x 40 yard dash at the 2016 NFL combine.

Hopefully I'm wrong...

How do you feel about the Run Gum suit? The only way guys will go towards track is $$$, that suit is a step in the right direction to inject more $$$ into track and actually have the best athletes stick with that sport.

Retardalert.. wrote:

Sprinting&MidDistanceFan wrote:

The thing is, he plays football. I hope he goes for track, but the gridiron seems to pull much harder. Jeff Demps, Ted Ginn Jr, Randy Moss, and of course, CJ2K could all have gone to track and run sub 9.9, but they didn't. Hell, Bob Hayes reached the top of the mountain in track, but even after tasting that Olympic glory and "worlds fastest man" hype, the gridiron STILL pulled him away. Most likely, had Trayvon Bromell not broken both his hips (or was it knees?), we would be seeing a 4.1x 40 yard dash at the 2016 NFL combine.

Hopefully I'm wrong...

Ginn wasn't a 100m sprinter....f'tard.

Hey retardalert....

"National champion in 110-meter high hurdles as a junior (2003) and owned the best time in the nation as a senior (2004), when he won the state title for the second consecutive year in time of 13.40 ... clocked a 13.26 in the state prelims... has been timed at 10.5 seconds in the 100-meter dash"

coach deez nuts wrote:

...a step in the right direction to inject more $$$ into track and actually have the best athletes stick with that sport.

Money is being injected into track. The administrative people are making money. The athletes are slave labor.

Raysism wrote:

He's on the older side, but not a year ahead. He will turn 16 towards the beginning of 10th grade, which is still in the normal range.

By the way, he ran most of those times from a standing position -- he didn't learn to use blocks until late in the summer. He won the 100, 200 and 400 at the Florida middle school state championship as a seventh grader, and then again in eighth grade.

His birthday is March 21, 2000. So yes, he's old for his grade. He should be in 10th grade (where he'd be one of the youngest) but is in 9th grade.