The mighty SEC and the 200m

[Dixon]

They could run 4 rounds with 36 quality sprinters, but it would come down to this final.

lane (all at sub 20.00 and won't even use Tex A&M)

1.Wallace Spearmon Arkansas
2.Xavier Carter LSU
3.John Capel Florida
4.Tyson Gay Arkansas
5.Isaih Young Mississippi
6.Lorenzo Daneil MSU
7.Justin Gatlin Tenn
8.Coby Miller Auburn
9.Calvin Smith Alabama

That's amazing, there are no countries that compare to that.

[user4]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

awesome,... for me lanes 1 and 9 stand out as my favs.

[houstonian]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

(all at sub 20.00 and won't even use Tex A&M)

...and they have Floyd Heard.....................................

[Dixon]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

awesome,... for me lanes 1 and 9 stand out as my favs.

I'm also a big Calvin Smith fan, people forget he was also a stud third leg on a 4x1. Spearmon's dad was a 20.1ish 200m guy.

[Dixon]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

(all at sub 20.00 and won't even use Tex A&M)

...and they have Floyd Heard.....................................

Yep, but Heard was there before the Aggies were in the SEC. They also had Curtis Mitchell.

[Dixon]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

How about a little 4x2 SEC action?

lane

1.Arkansas...Wallace Spearmon....Wallace Spearmon ...Michael Conley...Tyson Gay
2.Alabama...Diondre Baston...James Mallard...Clive Wright....Calvin Smith
3.Florida...Dedric Dukes...Bernard Williams...Dennis Mitchell...John Capel
4.Tennessee...Reggie Jones...Jeff Phillips...Mike Miller..Justin Gatlin
5.LSU...Roshan Griffen...Richard Thompson...Kelly Willie....Xavier Carter
6.Auburn...Harvey Glance...Harry Adams...Willie Smith....Coby Miller
7.Texas A&M...Curtis Mitchell...Gary Phiri...Charley Thomas...Floyd Heard
8.MSU...Aki Bradley...Steve Mullings...Pierre Brown...Lorenzo Daneil

[Dixon]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

While not as fast, the Pac10 (yep, Pac10) did have some Olympians.

All Olympic 200m men.

lane

1.Michael Bates Arizona
2.Mike Marsh UCLA
3.Larry Questad Stanford
4.Henry Carr ASU
5.Don Quarrie USC
6.Millard Hampton UCLA
7.Dwayne Evans ASU
8.Ato Boldon UCLA

[user4]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

Lanes 5, 6 and 7 ... boy did they fly in Montreal ! Don Quarrie, wow, not really even sure that he was at his peak in '76 ... deserves his own thread.

[gh]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

While not as fast, the Pac10 (yep, Pac10) did have some Olympians.

All Olympic 200m men.

lane

1.Michael Bates Arizona
2.Mike Marsh UCLA
3.Larry Questad Stanford
4.Henry Carr ASU
5.Don Quarrie USC
6.Millard Hampton UCLA
7.Dwayne Evans ASU
8.Ato Boldon UCLA

Evans, Bates and Boldon were only bronze medalists: add Mel Patton (USC) with a gold, Charley Paddock (USC) with a pair of silvers and Mack Robinson (Oregon) with a silver.

[rhymans]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

Dixon - are you sure that there are no countries that compare with the SEC? or had you forgotten Jamaica (8 at 19.98, 7 at 19.80, 6 at 19.86, 2 faster than any SEC athlete)

[Dixon]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

While not as fast, the Pac10 (yep, Pac10) did have some Olympians.

All Olympic 200m men.

lane

1.Michael Bates Arizona
2.Mike Marsh UCLA
3.Larry Questad Stanford
4.Henry Carr ASU
5.Don Quarrie USC
6.Millard Hampton UCLA
7.Dwayne Evans ASU
8.Ato Boldon UCLA

Evans, Bates and Boldon were only bronze medalists: add Mel Patton (USC) with a gold, Charley Paddock (USC) with a pair of silvers and Mack Robinson (Oregon) with a silver.

I was looking more at times with this, so I went with the faster times.(yes I know but didn't wanna play era with this) The SEC having so many "fast" 200m sprinters. But....as we can see not even the SEC compares to the Pac10 when it comes to Olympic success.

[Dixon]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

Dixon - are you sure that there are no countries that compare with the SEC? or had you forgotten Jamaica (8 at 19.98, 7 at 19.80, 6 at 19.86, 2 faster than any SEC athlete)

There are more sub20.00 200m sprinters out of the SEC (both can use Mullings). All those I mentioned above then ya add...

Rodney Martin So. Carolina
Dedric Dukes Florida
Steve Mullings MSU

Think about this, an NCAA conference in a speed debate with Jamaica, whoa~~~~

[Dixon]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

Hell, the Pac10 can do this...

lane

1.Arizona...Dwayne Strozier...Wardell Gilbreath...Larry Dunn...Michael Bates
2.Cal...Forest Beatty...Eddie Hart...Atlee Mahorn...Hal Davis
3.USC "A"...Clancy Edwards....James Gilkes...James Sanford...Don Quarrie
4.UCLA "A"...Ato Boldon...Henry Thomas,,,Millard Hampton...Mike Marsh
5.ASU..Dwayne Evans...Lamont King...Jerry Bright...Henry Carr
6.Oregon...Pat Johnson...Don Coleman...George Walcott...Harry Jerome
7.USC "B"...Mel Patton..Willie Deckard..Payton Jordan...Charles Paddock
8.Washington...Pablo Franco...Lanoris Marshall...Bernie Jackson...J' Warren Hooker
9.UCLA "B"...Danny Everett...Eric Brown...Warren Edmonson..Tom Jones

[user4]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

Those are 4X200 I assume.

[user4]

Re: The mighty SEC and the 200m

While not as fast, the Pac10 (yep, Pac10) did have some Olympians.

All Olympic 200m men.

lane

1.Michael Bates Arizona
2.Mike Marsh UCLA
3.Larry Questad Stanford
4.Henry Carr ASU
5.Don Quarrie USC
6.Millard Hampton UCLA
7.Dwayne Evans ASU
8.Ato Boldon UCLA

Evans, Bates and Boldon were only bronze medalists: add Mel Patton (USC) with a gold, Charley Paddock (USC) with a pair of silvers and Mack Robinson (Oregon) with a silver.

FWIW, Paddock was a Texas product by birth. Mack Robinson (older brother of Jackie) was born in Geogia.