NCAA East Regional - Sprints (Ford, Ahoure PB in 100m Wins)

[EPelle]

Jacoby Ford set a PB in winning the 100m in 10,04 (+0,9). Murielle Ahoure took another chunk of change off her 100m PB, winning in 11,09 after an 11,14 PB yesterday.

Clemson (38,78) over Florida (39,03), with SC third (39,13).
Florida St (43,64) wins a close one over SC (43,65).

http://durhamstriders.com/09ncaaregional/

[bhall]

Bingham comes up big again.

Finals                                                                       
  1 Michael Bingham           SR Wake Forest              45.05R  10         
  2 Calvin Smith              JR Florida                  45.30F   8         
  3 Kevin Borlee              FR Florida State            45.54    6         
  4 Jonathan Borlee           FR Florida State            45.58    5         
  5 Darius Law                SO Charlotte                45.77    4         
  6 Allodin Fothergill        JR Maryland-ES              45.98    3         
  7 Elvis Lewis               SR Villanova                46.47    2         
  8 Levi Brooks               JR Charleston Southern      46.67    1

[jazzcyclist]

Does anyone know whether or not Ford did spring football this year? I would have expected him to have run sub-10 already based on his indoor season.

[tandfman]

He ran outdoors on five different weekends, including two multi-day meets in April (ACC and Penn). Can you do that if you're running spring football?

[gh]

Does anyone know whether or not Ford did spring football this year? I would have expected him to have run sub-10 already based on his indoor season.

We've been down that road before: I never expect anybody to run anything based on indoor seasons. The 60 and the 100 are just too different, particularly when you're talking about a shorter sprinter with a good start.

Ford's 5-9; only one sprinter under 5-10 made the World Rankings last year.

[NumberCruncher]

Can Bingham switch from GRB and run for the USA?

[gh]

He just switched to GB last year.

[tandfman]

I started to post the question "Why would any 400m runner in his right mind want to switch to USA affiliation?" And then I thought about it. While he will have a much easier time making World and Olympic teams running for GBR, if he can make the USA team, he will have a much better chance of a medal, even a gold one, because of the relay.

[jazzcyclist]

Does anyone know whether or not Ford did spring football this year? I would have expected him to have run sub-10 already based on his indoor season.

We've been down that road before: I never expect anybody to run anything based on indoor seasons. The 60 and the 100 are just too different, particularly when you're talking about a shorter sprinter with a good start.

Ford's 5-9; only one sprinter under 5-10 made the World Rankings last year.

But Ford was better than Trindon Holliday indoors, and he's only 5-5 and has already run 10.01 outdoors.

[NumberCruncher]

He just switched to GB last year.

I asked because his bio said he was born in North Carolina, guessing his folks are from GRB and he figured, like tandfan alluded to, he would have a better shot at making the team over there than here.

[bhall]

Michael's history/background is discussed here:

http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discuss ... ht=bingham

I'll also note that yesterday he was running on a track named the same as the one he ran on in HS and... for an alum of his HS- Irwin Belk.