Half time Saturday

[4409]

I heard there was some 40 yrd sprinters/race at Halftime on Saturday.
Can someone that witnessed this event, please explain what it was all about & who participated?
Thanks in Advance!!

 

[pistachio1999]

I heard there was some 40 yrd sprinters/race at Halftime on Saturday.
Can someone that witnessed this event, please explain what it was all about & who participated?
Thanks in Advance!!

Sprinter on Iowa track and field. Had the timing gear for 40 yard time. It said 4.15 seconds and I was up close and that dude was absolutely flying!

 

[luvmyhawks]

Sprinter on Iowa track and field. Had the timing gear for 40 yard time. It said 4.15 seconds and I was up close and that dude was absolutely flying!

Can he catch a football?

 

[QChawks]

Can he catch a football?

 

[pistachio1999]

This is the guy

https://hawkeyesports.com/roster/kalen-walker/

 

[desihawk]

This is the guy

https://hawkeyesports.com/roster/kalen-walker/

dude named walker delivers a 4.15 40 ... product not as advertised

 

[pistachio1999]

dude named walker delivers a 4.15 40 ... product not as advertised

I would have recorded it had I known it would look as impressive as it did. Never witnessed anyone that fast that close in person before.

 

[JLDHAWK]

Dude was flying but i didn't believe the timing. Don't know what world class sprinters can do though.

 

[markfromj]

I once came within 9 seconds of setting a world record in the 100m dash.

 

[Sett1997]

Dude was flying but i didn't believe the timing. Don't know what world class sprinters can do though.

Agreed, Usain Bolt ran a 4.22
Mo Greene 4.21
No way this kid ran a 4.15

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Agreed, Usain Bolt ran a 4.22
Mo Greene 4.21
No way this kid ran a 4.15

Xavier Worthy ran a 4.21 at the combine.

Does that mean Worthy > Bolt?

 

[xdhsgrad2002x]

Agreed, Usain Bolt ran a 4.22
Mo Greene 4.21
No way this kid ran a 4.15

It was machine timed, I think it was fairly close. I have never seen anyone run anywhere near as fast as he ran on Saturday. It was absolutely insane. He was NCAA runner up in the 60 meter indoor dash.

Also field turf is known to enhance performance, not a lot of studies in straight line speed but there have been studies in agility and generally times seem to be 3% faster. Mostly credited to a confidence in grip and faster acceleration because of that. So it is very possible that field turf contributed to about a .1 to .12 faster time.

 

[Rambler Hawk]

It was machine timed, I think it was fairly close. I have never seen anyone run anywhere near as fast as he ran on Saturday. It was absolutely insane. He was NCAA runner up in the 60 meter indoor dash.

Also field turf is known to enhance performance, not a lot of studies in straight line speed but there have been studies in agility and generally times seem to be 3% faster. Mostly credited to a confidence in grip and faster acceleration because of that. So it is very possible that field turf contributed to about a .1 to .12 faster time.

Could have been wind aided as well…😎

 

[JLDHAWK]

It was machine timed, I think it was fairly close. I have never seen anyone run anywhere near as fast as he ran on Saturday. It was absolutely insane. He was NCAA runner up in the 60 meter indoor dash.

Also field turf is known to enhance performance, not a lot of studies in straight line speed but there have been studies in agility and generally times seem to be 3% faster. Mostly credited to a confidence in grip and faster acceleration because of that. So it is very possible that field turf contributed to about a .1 to .12 faster time.

Yeah except everyone is running them on turf, at least at the combine

 

[gojojo]

I believe he made the semis at the Olympic trials in the 100m.