Nothing personal, but this is getting stupid, really stupid. If you can supply us with official 100m times to support your opinion, then be our guest. If you cant, then stop arguing it. I bet if he went to Auburn you wouldnt have argued it.:thumb: Jealousy is such a bitch..:hihi:
Doesnt really matter who is faster... Trindon's track speed has transferred into football speed as well as anyone I've ever seen. I do not know if it his because he is short, but the man can run faster while turning (like breaking it outside) as fast as anyone. I highly doubt very few could catch the boy.
What is difficult to understand is why Holliday's track speed doesn't translate to football speed, yet all those other football-playing track athletes that you imagine are faster do?
This article ignores reaction time. The average reaction time for world class sprinters is 0.15-0.20 seconds. In track, the clock starts when the gun goes off, then the runner must react to the gun. At the NFL combine, the clock starts when movement is detected by the starter. If Ben Johnson went through 40 yards in 4.37 seconds, his actual running time was 4.17-4.22 seconds.
Every world-class sprinter can run the 100 in less than 9 seconds with a running start and that includes Trindon.
Ah, thanks for the information, trackfan. I don't know personally, I was just pointing out the brilliance of Bob Hayes almost 40 years ago. Not so much disputing how fast Trindon is. I was talking about this with a buddy who actually found this, though. He tried to register and post it but had some trouble with the email verification and asked me to post it for him. I checked to verify the article's claim of a 10.0 100m, but found nothing. So I don't think USA Track & Field counts his high school time (perhaps for good reason), but it's still an intriguing read. I did not know about this guy beforehand and if nothing else it's a fun story. http://www.nwrunner.com/features/hookerapr2001.html That's just part of the article. Pretty neat story. Brian ~Go Tigers!~
Some late-breaking news from track and field should help put Holliday's speed into perspective. Tyson Gay, the only man to beat him at the U.S. Championships, just won the World Championships 100 meters, and Churandy Martina, a guy who Holliday beat at the NCAA championships just finished 5th at the World Championships. http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=M/discipline=100/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/result.html
True but that doesn't matter insofar as his claim regarding Jackson since they didn't use electronic timing of any sort, whether begun by the the movement of the runner or the gun.
