Originally Posted by
skidder
For 60meters you'd have to be under 7 seconds (consistently) to be competitive in college at the national leve, down around 6.60 sec. for world-class consideration. .
10.27 isn't that fast for the 100m by national or world class standards. Here in California we have a few 10.2 runners each year at the high school level. The competitors in the USA Olympic Trials need to have qualifying time of under 10.05 seconds (minimum), and almost all of the competitors that get into the trials have times under 10.00 seconds. In all the sprint races (100m, 200m, 400m, 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles) its so tough and competitive that (as the saying goes) the toughest part of getting to the Olympics is considered just qualifying for the USA team.
I was referring to my kid’s 60 time - relative to baseball (60 yard) - not 60m track times
I think he recorded that time as a 14 yr old ... basically to be / play outfield at a high level needed a time in the low 7’s (minimum) - mid 6’s obviously better
the kid that ran the 10.2 100m is one of the current top ranked college multi-event decathletes - he is now at Arkansas after stints at USC and Michigan
https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/ayden-owens/
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