O’Shea Wilson, Jermaine Authorlee, Ahmed Ali and Kyle Fulks
The Track Houston Young Men division 4x100m relay team of O’Shea Wilson, Jermaine Authorlee, Ahmed Ali and Kyle Fulks broke the USA Track and Field national record with a time of 39.56 seconds. The previous record of 39.73 was set in 1998 by the Track Houston team of Ryan Beard, Ben Gay, Joey Harris and Terrance Williams who now have passed the baton on to the next Track Houston generation of record holders.
Running under 40 seconds is not something you see a 4x100m relay team do all the time but when our Young Men division did it at the USATF Region 12 meet in Lubbock Texas, it was a feeling of excitement and a since of accomplishment. Once they realized their time had broken the national record, it was a surreal experience knowing that you are the best 4x100m relay team in the country of all times.
The record was set on July 7, 2012 which gives the team time to improve baton exchanges and foot speed before running at the two national meets at the end of July. The Young Men’s team will participate in the USATF National Junior Olympic in Baltimore MD, and the AAU Junior Olympic Games held in Humble TX. Both events will feature a semifinal and final which gives the team 4 more chances to improve their time. These events will also feature other teams who are in the Elite 39 club and who are potential record breakers but I’ll put my money on “Big Red”. No matter what happens, this will be a summer to remember in junior track and field.
Running under 40 seconds is not something you see a 4x100m relay team do all the time but when our Young Men division did it at the USATF Region 12 meet in Lubbock Texas, it was a feeling of excitement and a since of accomplishment. Once they realized their time had broken the national record, it was a surreal experience knowing that you are the best 4x100m relay team in the country of all times.
The record was set on July 7, 2012 which gives the team time to improve baton exchanges and foot speed before running at the two national meets at the end of July. The Young Men’s team will participate in the USATF National Junior Olympic in Baltimore MD, and the AAU Junior Olympic Games held in Humble TX. Both events will feature a semifinal and final which gives the team 4 more chances to improve their time. These events will also feature other teams who are in the Elite 39 club and who are potential record breakers but I’ll put my money on “Big Red”. No matter what happens, this will be a summer to remember in junior track and field.
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