at Allen invitational. Not sure how many teams but at least 10+. His time was 11.48. The winner was 11,44.
Yesterday in the cold and wind Saquon Barkley finished 2nd in the 100
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He's not doing badly considering he had never run track before this year. He's learning on the fly.
I have very high hopes for Barkley. It's been a good while since we had a RB who if he breaks into the clear, can walk away from the defensive backs. Even our 1000-yard backs have been brought down from behind on what could have been touchdown runs - haven't had the Mach II speed since LJ Jr.
Now, SB is going to have to block, he's going to have to hang onto the rock, there's a whole different world between Whitehall and the B1G. But he's starting with the physical tools to be really, really good.
Now, SB is going to have to block, he's going to have to hang onto the rock, there's a whole different world between Whitehall and the B1G. But he's starting with the physical tools to be really, really good.
It will be interesting to see what he can do at the league and district meets in hopefully some better weather.
I'd love to see LJ, Ki-Jana, and Lenny Moore in a 100 meter dash with pads on to see who had the best top end speed. Joe once said Lenny Moore was the best player he ever saw, and from the old film, he would run away from people like LJ and Ki-Jana did.
I have heard this kid's name before, and believe he was a pretty accomplished high school football player, no? My point is that I'd rather have, for my running back, a football player who dabbles in track than a track star who dabbles in football. Cal has a halfback (Khalfani Muhammad) who runs the 100 meters in the 10.40 neighborhood (i.e., much faster than Barkley), but I'll bet Barkley is FAR better n terms of seeing openings, cutback lanes, and running between the tackles. Speed is great, but it isn't everything.
I think most teams these days lack the RB who can pull away from the defense because a lot of high school RB/DB's are choosing to play DB in college due to the greater NFL potential at that position(see Justin King). Therefore the speed tends to shift that way too, especially since speed at DB is more coveted than at RB.
Here are the results: http://pa.milesplit.com/meets/198519/results/367824/raw
He also took 7th in the long jump 21'3".
He also took 7th in the long jump 21'3".
