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Mark Padgett Sun May 15, 2011 11:22am
Just an update
 
This kid bettered his own mark yesterday in the district meet. He ran a 10.35. They checked with some stat bureau and this is the best time ever run for the 100m in the US by a HS sophomore.

State finals are next weekend. Yeah - he's in them.

Mark Padgett Mon May 23, 2011 11:00am
Another update
 
The state meet was this past weekend. He won the 100m dash, beating the three-time defending champion. He didn't set a new record, however. But before that, he anchored his HS 4x100 meter relay and they won and did set a new state record.

His coach held him out of the 200m because he apparently hurt his foot a little at the end of the 100m when he came down hard on it. They didn't want to risk a real injury.

In an interview after the meet, he said his goal is to make the US Olympic team. I wouldn't bet against it.

Mark Padgett Thu Jun 23, 2011 08:11pm
Update
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 754093)
I know we sometimes mention other sports here, but I don't know if we've ever mentioned track. Anyway - here goes. A story about the son of one of my best friends was on the front page of the local paper's sports section this morning. He is a sophomore at a local HS and he set a state HS record for fastest time in the 100 meters - 10.43 seconds. He did this last week and then he ran in another meet this week and ran the same exact time! What are the odds? The story also told about how he's a really nice kid who is well liked by his classmates. Thomas (that's his name) was quoted as saying his goal is to break 10.3 seconds. I wouldn't bet against him.

Do colleges give track scholarships? :)
Thomas is running in an invitational this weekend (his second one in a month - the first one was in NY and sponsored by Adidas) and if he finishes in the top two in the 100 meters, he'll get asked to participate in a world meet in France! His dad, who I saw this morning, said Thomas is supposed to be in the "Faces In The Crowd" section of Sports Illustrated either this week or next.

grunewar Thu Jun 23, 2011 09:16pm
Cool!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 768199)
His dad, who I saw this morning, said Thomas is supposed to be in the "Faces In The Crowd" section of Sports Illustrated either this week or next.
And WE can all say we all knew him from way back when...... ;)

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Fri Jun 24, 2011 01:06am
Quote:
Originally Posted by grunewar (Post 754113)
He could go to.....wait for it......the ACC! ;)

Bwahaha!

PS - My son ran track in HS too......he always wondered why anyone would want to run anything longer than the 100?! Too much work!

Grune:

Why would anybody want to run 100m? LOL

MTD, Sr.

grunewar Fri Jun 24, 2011 05:48am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. (Post 768231)
Grune:

Why would anybody want to run 100m? LOL

MTD, Sr.
Maybe to get out of a bad situation quickly? ;)

Mark Padgett Fri Jun 24, 2011 01:02pm
Oh yeah - his dad told me Thomas has a 40" vertical leap (which is 10 times higher than mine). I wonder why they measure the distance he runs in meters and the height he jumps in inches? :p

grunewar Fri Jun 24, 2011 02:47pm
Hey Metrics Man!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 768349)
Oh yeah - his dad told me Thomas has a 40" vertical leap (which is 10 times higher than mine). I wonder why they measure the distance he runs in meters and the height he jumps in inches? :p
Maybe he does the track events in Canada and the field events in the US!? :p

Mark Padgett Mon Jul 04, 2011 02:57pm
My buddy gave me an enlarged photo of his son warming up before a race and he's 40" above the ground. He had his son sign the photo and I gave it to my granddaughter who will be on her HS track team next year as a freshman. She thought it was really cool. BTW - her school is in the same conference as his so she might see him at some meets.

BTW - here's the link to when he appeared in Sports Illustrated's Faces In The Crowd. He's the second one down from the top.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/sco...es/2011/06/20/

Mark Padgett Sat Sep 10, 2011 02:30pm
OK, here's yet another update
 
Now he's a junior and he had his first football game of the season last night. He gained 295 yards rushing, with 197 of those yards coming in the second half. No - not his team, just him! Incredible. :eek:

Mark Padgett Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:48am
Back from injury
 
After missing three games due to a concussion, Thomas returned with a bang. He gained 228 yards rushing in only eight carries and he scored five touchdowns. He almost had a sixth score, but he came up a few inches short. Two of the touchdown runs were over 60 yards.

Welcome back, Thomas.

Mark Padgett Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:02am
Thomas played in his last regular season game of the year last night. He gained 229 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns. His team now has a
"play-in" game to get into the playoffs. I'm sure that if he didn't miss those three games, he'd be voted top offensive player in the state for the second time. Oh well - he'll be a senior next year. I wonder if he still wants to go to Harvard? Not kidding.

Mark Padgett Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:59am
The Oregonian newspaper ran a big story on Thomas on the front page of their sports section this morning. It said he's the best HS athlete in the state, and that someday, he may be regarded as the best athlete to ever come from this state! Quite a comment.

BillyMac Fri Nov 11, 2011 06:59pm
Quite A Comment ...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 798150)
He may be regarded as the best athlete to ever come from this state!
Better than Danny Ainge, Steve Prefontaine, Bob Lilly, Mel Renfro, Dale Murphy, Dick Fosbury, Dan O'Brien, Mickey Lolich, A.C. Green, or Johnny Pesky?

Mark Padgett Fri Nov 11, 2011 09:20pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyMac (Post 798188)
Better than Danny Ainge, Steve Prefontaine, Bob Lilly, Mel Renfro, Dale Murphy, Dick Fosbury, Dan O'Brien, Mickey Lolich, A.C. Green, or Johnny Pesky?
And Neil Lomax.

Hey - I'm just saying what was stated in the article. However, the kid is really incredible.


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