The Top sprinters in the past 5 years; and where a

[memphisplayer]

Marquis Davis-Memphis Hamilton Obvious choice, its not the 10.50 and 20.84 which are indeed state record. you have to take under consideration that he wasn't pushed until the US junior Meet in Denton Texas. He ran 10.13(FAT of course) losing to lenard Scott(10.11) of Tennessee in a photo finnish. he was the US 200 meter junior champ, and finnished 2nd at the pan-am junior meet. all this was as a 18 year old fresh out of High school. He is now a junior at Mississippi state. He has already run 19.99 wind aided. and ran 20.27 at the 2000 Olympic trials. He broke the US junior 100M record at a Meet at Arkansas State. He ran 9.98 and would have been the first 18 year old in the world to ever run a leagle wind sub 10 but USA track and field said that if a US or world record is set, the athlete must be drug tested within 24 hours of the mark to get credit. There was no test conducted. However if you go to the Arkansas State Track page, he has the 100 and 200 track records, the old 100m record was Ed Preston 1976 olympic Gold Medalist (10.05) which was the also the American record at that time.

 

Sean Waller-Hunters Lane- probably the most complete sprinter from the state of Tennessee since Ramon Clay, (Also a Hunters Lane Grad). Clay would be #1 here but he graduated in 1993 so he is not in the last 5 years. However Ramon is currently ranked #1 in the world in the 200M. Nonetheless, Waller coulda set the state record in the 400 meters had he not been conserving energy for the 200M race later that evening.I know waller could have run at least a 46.50 prolly a lot faster than that. I have only seen him pushed twice. My niece runs at Memphis East, we went to see her run in Mobile last year. there was some kid who was incredibke in the 400 Meters that beat sean, and the other was his junior year at the state meet when he finnished second to Chris Jones who he had beaten as a sophmore.

 

Chris Jones-Riverdale Chris Jones is probably the best quatermiler in 20 plus years, but he was not as complete a sprinter as Waller. But Jones will be a sub 45 quatermiler some day. I think he ran 46.82 at riverdale, just off the state mark by a hair.

 

Mardy Scales-Centennial- Unforunately for scales he had to run against Davis in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He ran 10.68 in the 100 meters which is a dynamite time considering the brevity of the Tennessee Track Season, and the weather is not all that great until May. Florida nad Texas have much longer track seasons and Much much Better weather, not to mention great great compettion even at your local dual meet there will 2 or 3 teams running 40. in the 4x100. so Scales is now showing how great he is he is one of the top short distance sprinters in NCAA. UT made a mistake passing on him. They did go after davis, but he didn't enitially have the grades. He finnaly got it together and is now at Mississippi State.

 

Kendrick Triggs- Memphis Central (junior at Ole miss) last but certainly not least is Kendrick Triggs now one of the top sprinters in the SEC. He ran 20.81 last week at the Ole miss, Mississippi state, alabama, Auburn Quadrangular meet. He qualified in the 200 meters last year at the NCAA meet he ran 21.31 in 2000 while winning the state meet. He Beat Mardy scales in the 200, But finnished 3rd in the 100meter losing to Mardy Scales.

[memphisplayer]

Marquis Davis made the Automatic qualifing standard on saturday as he blazed to a 10.10 in the mens 100M finals in Austin this weekend. After winning the 100M Davis turned around an anchored the Mississippi State 4X100 relay to the fastest time in the country this year 39.16. Davis also finished 2nd at the NCAA meet in the 200m 20.66 which is incredible for an indoor time.

[CoachG]

Wow, great info! I gave you a good mark!