"I hear Rossum ran a 10 flat/100m in high school. I'd say if he still runs that, he's at least one of the 5 fastest guys in the pros, and far faster than Bailey."
From a post on Broncomania message board
http://www.denverbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27509
second to last post down
im sure he did...
so what, some guy does not follow track and field where hundreths of a second make a diff. Big deal
He sure looked like he was a world class sprinter in the NFL skills comp.. They guy started like Mo Greene!
I'll give Rossum some credit though, he beat some fast guys.
And another thing, there are some talented people in other sports. I don't want to start another Vick-fastest fiasco, but a lot of people who are fast and have coordination usually play other sports.
Those who lack the hand/eye get into running. I'm not saying thats the case for everybody, but cmon let's be real...that's the way it is in America.
As for Green...yeah I noticed teh Jasari's too and I thought that was pretty sweet.
"And another thing, there are some talented people in other sports."
There are certainly talented people in other sports, but top-level sprinting is still a sport-specific thing, even though it might seem that it's a simple elemental task. I guarentee that there is no one on the planet, other than a professional sprinter, who can run a 10.0 hundred meters. No football player, no basketball player, nobody. Maybe a few "other sport" athletes could become world-class sprinters if they trained for it, but without doing that training, no way. It's similar to how Lance Armstrong would get absolutely destroyed by any solid Division I 10k runner (low 30's or below), if they were to line up in a 10k on the track.
according to his personal bio, "Rossum captained the school’s track squad all four years. He posted the fastest time in the nation in the 100 meters (10.02 seconds) in 1993." He went to Skyline high school in Dallas. This time does seem a little fast to me (wouldn't that be a national record), but it certainly seems accurate for an inaccurately recorded hand time. Anyway, i know we always like to knock fast track times from other sports, but the fact is there are a lot of really talented people out there, and when you combine that with the drive and competitive spirit necessary to succeed at the pro level in any sport you're going to end up with some significant track results.
"And another thing, there are some talented people in other sports."
"No football player, no basketball player, nobody. Maybe a few "other sport" athletes could become world-class sprinters if they trained for it..."
First, you contradict yourself. Then, why are you arguing when you're agreeing with me. I didn't say there were 100s of people who could run. I said "some".
And I don't disagree that you would have to train for it to run a competitive time. Where did I say so and so could step out onto a track and drop a sub 10 right now. But your Lance Armstrong example is wack too. It's a lot easier to run the 60m and 100m on little training considering both are anaerobic. Check out Xavier Carter.
It's like you're trying to start an argument thread where no one accomplishes anything.
To clarify:
All I'm saying is the following:
While there are talented people in other sports, that talent alone will not carry any of them to a world-class sprint time. Only talent combined with sport-specific sprint training will yield a 10-flat hundred meters.
skyline is a big time sprint school. he probably did run 10.02 w/ a 5.0+ wind at his back. I wouldn't put a legal 10.3 in HS past him but definately not a 10 flat guy.
The real question is...
Can he run a 4:30 mile?