Denard track update
Track team is at an invitational at ND.
Denard qualified for 60 m final.
Unfortunately, Woolfolk did not qualify for 60 m final and Stokes DQed in the 60 m hurdle prelims.
Results here (a tad behind on updates).
http://www.deltatiming.com/results/events_byschedule.aspx?yf=2010&mf=no…
February 6th, 2010 at 4:08 PM ^
interesting that James Jackson is up there.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:52 PM ^
I think I read the results correctly... Is that a respepctable finish? I'm not sure of the competition, but for a freshman I'm impressed.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:00 PM ^
Agreed - I'm sure he will only get better, especially off the blocks.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:26 PM ^
Congrats to Denard for, what seems to be, a great freshman campaign on the track team. I'm sure it's the case with a lot of NCAA track athletes, but I have to imagine he had never run an indoor/60m race before this year.
February 7th, 2010 at 2:18 AM ^
Why would you think that? He was an elite track athlete. I ran 4 seasons of indoor track in high school, I'm sure Denard has run indoor meets before, most all track athletes do (unless they play a winter sport, but I never heard that Denard did).
EDIT: I checked the link, there was very solid competition there. Very impressive that he took 5th (though he was .01 away from not making the finals).
February 7th, 2010 at 2:39 AM ^
I believe Denard mentioned at the first race that he had never run an indoor track race, FWIW
February 7th, 2010 at 11:17 AM ^
Well, in the OP's defense, indoor track isn't particularly popular for the high school level in Florida. I think his conclusion is pretty reasonable given where Denard is from, and your response is pretty reasonable given where you're from.
February 7th, 2010 at 1:55 AM ^
Im not a track expert or anything, but is it common for people getting DQ'ed. I think this is the second time this has happened to Stokes. Are there more DQs in dashes or hurdles?
February 7th, 2010 at 2:58 AM ^
but some of the people more familiar with indoor track, and the 60m races specifically, have said (and it makes sense) that in any 60m race "bad start = death". So guys feel like they need to get an edge at the start, which results in a relatively high number of DQs.
February 7th, 2010 at 3:35 AM ^
run the 100 meters?
February 7th, 2010 at 3:37 AM ^
There is no 100m in indoor. Track's not big enough.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:52 AM ^
your 60m indoor guys are your 100m outdoor guys, we will see!
February 7th, 2010 at 1:05 PM ^
considering that coming off the starting block is Denard's biggest weakness. He doesn't come off very well and tends to come up high instead of low(a pretty similar principle as football in coming off the stance). If he can fix that, he can shave off at least .2 off his time which would be approx. 6.6-6.7 which is blazing fast.