Who would want to run the 400 if they have talents else where? The few times I got stuck on a 4x4 leg. got sick all over, ouch!
Once upon a time,,,,
Jim Kemp was 45.2 man out of Kentucky State, so he shows up in Fresno to run the 400m, well nobody else showed up, so apparently he tlked the powers that be into letting him run the 100 yards dash ( his first in competition, I know of) yep, he won it in 9.3. Kemp was very muscular looked more like a short sprinter.
Herb McKenley the first to win an Olympic medal in both the 100 and 400. He was world ranked in all three sprints as was Henry Carr and Tommie Smith.
Cliff Wiley, Willie Smith, Forest Beatty, Atlee Mahorn, Xavier Carter,Chris Nelloms,Dennis Schultz, J'Warren Hooker, guys that you could run a 100 or 400.
Michael Johnson, Quincy Watts started out as short sprinters while Dennis Mitchell and James Sanford started out in the 400m.
Sprinters who ran sub 45.00 4x4 legs, not mentioned above...
John Regis
Justin Gatlin
Johnny Johnson
Roy Martin
Larry Black
Pat Johnson
Lorenzo Daneil
Michael Franks
There is nobody today other than Boling who needs to change anything. I talked about Boling will end up more 200/400 than 100/200 and expect to see that because that is where he belongs.
Once upon a time,,,,
Jim Kemp was 45.2 man out of Kentucky State, so he shows up in Fresno to run the 400m, well nobody else showed up, so apparently he tlked the powers that be into letting him run the 100 yards dash ( his first in competition, I know of) yep, he won it in 9.3. Kemp was very muscular looked more like a short sprinter.
Herb McKenley the first to win an Olympic medal in both the 100 and 400. He was world ranked in all three sprints as was Henry Carr and Tommie Smith.
Cliff Wiley, Willie Smith, Forest Beatty, Atlee Mahorn, Xavier Carter,Chris Nelloms,Dennis Schultz, J'Warren Hooker, guys that you could run a 100 or 400.
Michael Johnson, Quincy Watts started out as short sprinters while Dennis Mitchell and James Sanford started out in the 400m.
Sprinters who ran sub 45.00 4x4 legs, not mentioned above...
John Regis
Justin Gatlin
Johnny Johnson
Roy Martin
Larry Black
Pat Johnson
Lorenzo Daneil
Michael Franks
There is nobody today other than Boling who needs to change anything. I talked about Boling will end up more 200/400 than 100/200 and expect to see that because that is where he belongs.
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