Why Not Both?...
I've always been intrigued by Track and Field...
Especially the speed events of the 100s through the 400s. Why you might ask?...Because it's the ultimate test of physical endurance and mental ability within a set time frame. The athletes are like powerful gazelles and wild lions running across savannahs. But enough of the flowery stuff.
Xavier Carter of LSU became the first person to win the 100 and 400 meters at the NCAA track and field championships Saturday. The sophomore added to his legendary Sacramento performance by running down the competition in races just 31 minutes apart. He's the that first athlete since Jesse Owens in 1936 to win four titles at a single NCAA Outdoor Championship and the first athlete ever to win both the 100m and 400m at an NCAA Championships.
Check out more of the feat here from USA Track and Field.
Carter plays football for LSU as well...Here's a shocker. At Wide Receiver, which leads to this question...
After the Track experiments of Renaldo Nememiah, Johnny Lam Jones, and countless others, why aren't more college football teams allowing sprinters run track these days?
Yes, I understand workouts and lifting may be different for football and the skilled positions that today's game demands. Yet, if the player continues to build strength for sprinting capabilities and explosiveness from a set position, then why wouldn't you allow a player at wide receiver, flanker, or a halfback to build his speed and strength through sprinting on the track? Aren't they the same types of movements?
Hell with as many shuttle runs and plyometric exercises players go through in the months leading up to fall football practice, why wouldn't you let him run on the oval? Let's watch how this kid develops on the gridiron this fall. This is a subject that I need to do a little more exploration with...
Stay tuned,
IronDog
Especially the speed events of the 100s through the 400s. Why you might ask?...Because it's the ultimate test of physical endurance and mental ability within a set time frame. The athletes are like powerful gazelles and wild lions running across savannahs. But enough of the flowery stuff.
Xavier Carter of LSU became the first person to win the 100 and 400 meters at the NCAA track and field championships Saturday. The sophomore added to his legendary Sacramento performance by running down the competition in races just 31 minutes apart. He's the that first athlete since Jesse Owens in 1936 to win four titles at a single NCAA Outdoor Championship and the first athlete ever to win both the 100m and 400m at an NCAA Championships.
Check out more of the feat here from USA Track and Field.
Carter plays football for LSU as well...Here's a shocker. At Wide Receiver, which leads to this question...
After the Track experiments of Renaldo Nememiah, Johnny Lam Jones, and countless others, why aren't more college football teams allowing sprinters run track these days?
Yes, I understand workouts and lifting may be different for football and the skilled positions that today's game demands. Yet, if the player continues to build strength for sprinting capabilities and explosiveness from a set position, then why wouldn't you allow a player at wide receiver, flanker, or a halfback to build his speed and strength through sprinting on the track? Aren't they the same types of movements?
Hell with as many shuttle runs and plyometric exercises players go through in the months leading up to fall football practice, why wouldn't you let him run on the oval? Let's watch how this kid develops on the gridiron this fall. This is a subject that I need to do a little more exploration with...
Stay tuned,
IronDog
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