How fast are the NFL’s best track and field athletes?
The only way to know how fast football players really are, is to see what they do on the track. This is a breakdown of the best track athletes to play in the NFL throughout the modern era.
JT Smith is the fastest man in D1, but isn’t allowed to prove it at the NCAAs
The truth is that JT Smith was never supposed to be this good, because nobody thought a runner at Texas A&M Commerce would turn out to be the fastest in NCAA Division 1.
Conference Realignment is a big problem for college track and field
The truth is that football is king when it comes to college sports, so whatever happens to the conferences is always in their best interest. Which also means it’s probably not a good idea for almost anybody else.
What if D3 MIT dueled D1 Florida in track and field?
Florida is the Division 1 national champion for outdoor track and field. So that makes them the best men’s track team in the country. But what would happen if they actually competed in a dual meet, with the Division 3 National champions?
The fastest HS girls in the 400 meter dash! Where are they now?
What really happens to the fastest girls 400 meter runners in high school? Only 1 girl every year runs the fastest time in the nation. Furthermore, high school is really only the start of any young sprinter’s career.
The Texas Longhorns are women’s NCAA champions, and legitimate contenders to the entire world
2023 is the Lady Longhorn’s first championship since 2005 when Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross was still on the team. But this team might be the greatest women’s college track and field team of all time.
Sam Blaskowski is a D3 sprinter, and 1 of America’s fastest men
Sam Blaskowski made the USA Championships in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes. That’s a big deal for any sprinter. But it is an even bigger deal when you realize who Sam Blaskowski actually is. He is an NCAA Division 3 athlete.
International athletes are dominating college Track and Field, at every level
The truth is that track and field in the National Collegiate Athletic Association isn’t really about the nation of America at all. Because at this point international athletes are dominating and it doesn’t seem like they have any plans on slowing down.
How did Cordell Tinch, 1 of America’s best hurdlers end up in NCAA Division 2?
Cordell Tinch has been one of the most dominant track and field athletes that nobody ever paid attention to. The only comparison that actually makes sense to him, is already the reigning World Champion, Grant Holloway.
Does AAU track prepare athletes for the Olympics?
What really happens to the fastest boys at the Junior Olympics? Do they go on to become NCAA champions and Olympic medalists?
Melissa Jefferson is an unlikely American 100 meter champion
The truth is that nobody saw Melissa Jefferson winning the USA 100 meter dash. She was not even recruited by the big programs in college because she was never supposed to be this good.
Ranking the Top 10 men’s Bowerman award winners
in 2009 the Bowerman award was created to become the Heisman trophy for collegiate track. I compared the individual performances for each men’s winner to determine who is really the greatest athlete of this generation.
The College Track and Field Problem, that the Florida Gators Solved
College track and field is so predictable that we might as well be watching a fast and furious movie. That’s because the scoring system for NCAA track and field is entirely broken. The only way to fix it is to change it.
Where are they now? The FASTEST HS Boys in the 110 Hurdles
What really happens to the fastest boys 110 hurdlers in high school? Because only one sprinter every years runs the fastest time in the nation, and high school is really on the start of any young hurdler’s career.
Where are they now? The FASTEST HS Boys in the 400 meter dash!
What really happens to the fastest boys 400 meter runners in high school? Because only one sprinter every years runs the fastest time in the nation, and high school is really on the start of a young sprinters career.
How GOOD do you have to be in NCAA track to win a women's Olympic Medal?
Winning an Olympic medal is the greatest achievement for any track and field athlete, and in 2021, 13 American women brought home hardware. But how good were all of those women when they competed in college?
How GOOD do you have to be in college track to win a men's Olympic medal?
Winning an Olympic medal is the greatest achievement for any track and field athlete, and in 2021, 9 American men brought home hardware. But how good were all of those men when they competed in college?
Where are they now? The women's NCAA 100 meter dash Champions.
The title of the fastest woman in college is normally given to the Division 1 NCAA champion in the 100 meter dash. But where are the fastest women now?
Where are they now? The men’s NCAA 100 meter dash champions.
The title of the fastest man in college is normally given to the Division 1 NCAA champion in the 100 meter dash. But where are the fastest men now?
How fast do you have to be to run the 100 meter dash in D1?
The truth is that division 1 sprinting is not exactly what it seems, and anyone in any uniform is a threat to win, in any race.