Can you run under 13 seconds for 100 meters?

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GOONx19
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Sep 9, 2012 2:13pm
^ I lol'd.
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Sep 9, 2012 2:15pm
Belly35;1265514 wrote:Back in the days of 100 yds high school I ran 9.6 and a 9.5 with a stop watch

You mean the didn't use FAT back in the days of the 100 yard dash? Lol

I guess if the hill/mountain was steep enough I could...with great injuries.
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Sep 9, 2012 2:30pm
Belly35;1265514 wrote:Back in the days of 100 yds high school I ran 9.6 and a 9.5 with a stop watch
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Sep 9, 2012 2:34pm
Belly35;1265514 wrote:Back in the days of 100 yds high school I ran 9.6 and a 9.5 with a stop watch

Liar.
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Sep 10, 2012 6:23am
Belly35;1265514 wrote:Back in the days of 100 yds high school I ran 9.6 and a 9.5 with a stop watch
Minutes?
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Tiernan
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Sep 10, 2012 10:23am
Belly35;1265514 wrote:Back in the days of 100 yds high school I ran 9.6 and a 9.5 with a stop watch
in your '68 Nova?
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Sep 10, 2012 10:56am
Belly35;1265514 wrote:Back in the days of 100 yds high school I ran 9.6 and a 9.5 with a stop watch
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4cards
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Sep 10, 2012 11:07am
...I ran hurdles back in high school (120 highs & 180 lows) & best time in the high hurdles was 15.5.
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Sep 10, 2012 1:39pm
1933 Jesse Owens ran a Ohio state record for the 100 yard dash at 9.4 the Ohio state record for the 100 yard dash was 9.1 official time ..before the change to the 100 meter, 9.6 via a stop watch was common back in the day not saying that was officially correct time however it would have been recorded as the meet time. At the Cambridge Invitational back in the day msking to the finals was all I was able to achieve. The difference between a 9.6 runner and 9.4 or 9.2 is huge in the 100 yard dash. That like almost a complete stride length or more&#8230; an bad start and you&#8217;re out of the race before you even get started. </SPAN>


I think the 100 meter vs 100 yard race is very different .... runner has a longer distance to make up for a slow start...
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Tiernan
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Sep 10, 2012 1:48pm
^^^
Stop now before you really make yourself look stupid...ulp too late.
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Sep 10, 2012 3:09pm
From Wikipedia;
Owens's greatest achievement came in a span of 45 minutes on May 25, 1935, during the Big Ten meet at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he set three world records and tied a fourth. He equaled the world record for the 100 yard dash (9.4 seconds); and set world records in the long jump (26 ft 8[SUP] 1[/SUP]&#8260;[SUB]4[/SUB] in/8.13 m, a world record that would last 25 years); 220-yard (201.2 m) sprint (20.3 seconds); and 220-yard (201.2m) low hur,dles (22.6 seconds becoming the first to break 23 seconds.

Hope this helps!
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Sep 10, 2012 3:53pm
http://www.ohsaa.org/Sports/history/Tim_Hudak_Features/Track&Field.htm


Owens got his start in track in junior high, but he really started to make his mark in the sport at East Tech. As a sophomore at the state championships in 1931, he won the broad jump, finished second in the 200-yard dash and fourth in the 100 as East Tech finished eighth.</SPAN>
The next year Jesse Owens led East Tech to the state championship when he won four events at the state meet. He won the 100-yard (91m) dash in 9.9 seconds, tying the meet record; won the 200-yard dash; won the broad jump with a leap of 22&#8217;11 ¾&#8221;, setting a new state record; and helped to set another new state record of 1:30.8 as a member of the winning 880-yard (4x220) relay team.</SPAN>
In 1933, Owens led the Scarabs to a second consecutive state championship by again winning four events, the only boy to ever win four events at the state meet two times. In the 100-yard dash he set a new state record of 9.6 seconds. In the 200-yard dash he also set a state record, winning with a time of 20.8 seconds. He set a third state record in the broad jump with a leap of 24&#8217;3¾&#8221;. As a member of the 880-yard relay team, Owens helped to set yet another state record with a time of 1:30.3. Four state records in four events. While his state records have all since been broken, no one else has ever set four state records in a single state track meet. </SPAN>
With his reputation already well established around Ohio, Jesse Owens burst onto the national and world stage at the National High School Championships later that year when he tied the world record in the 100-yard dash with a time of 9.4 seconds &#8211; the second time that year that he had done so. That same year, 1933, he set the national high school record in the broad jump with a leap of 24&#8217;11¾&#8221;, a record that stood for 22 years. </SPAN>
Following his graduation from East Tech, Jesse Owens attended Ohio State University. In 1935 and 1936, at the NCAA championships, the &#8220;Buckeye Bullet&#8221; won eight individual gold medals, four each year, the only person to ever accomplish this feat. </SPAN>
However, the greatest accomplishment of his entire track career &#8211; some would say in the history of sports - came in the spring of 1935. On May 25, 1935, at a Big Ten meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Owens tied one world record and set three more - in a span of just 45 minutes. He tied the world record in the 100-yard (91m) dash with a time of 9.4 seconds. He then set world records in the long jump, 26&#8217;8 ¼&#8221; (8.13m), the 220-yard (201m) low hurdles, 22.6 seconds (becoming the first person to crack the 23 second barrier), and the 220-yard (201m) dash, 20.3 seconds. And Jesse Owens did all of this while recovering from a fall down a flight of stairs suffered earlier in the week.</SPAN>
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Sep 10, 2012 4:17pm
Back in high school I ran an 11.86 in the 100. I did the high hurdles maybe 3 times in high school and it didn't go well I'd probably guess my time was around 20 seconds lol.