DaBryan Blanton and Olympic Trials

[kaorder1999]

I found this just now...

http://www.usatf.org/events/2004/OlympicTrials-TF/entry/qualifyingStandards.asp
Says the Automatioc qual. time is a 10.07 and it has to be run between January 1, 2003 - July 1, 2004.

Then i found this....

http://www.collegesports.com/sports/c-track/stories/053003abs.html

In that article it says "Blanton wasted no time in the 100, taking the lead right out of the blocks before finishing in a legal time of 10.07. The time is the best in the country through qualifying today and is the best non wind-aided time for a Sooner since 1976. It also was just .03 off the OU school record. "

So i guess since he ran that 10.07 on May 30, 2003 that qualifies him for the Olympic Trials in the 100 meter dash

[crzyjournalist03]

the Forney Messenger had an article about him a week or two ago that said he had qualified for the trials...I don't have a copy of it, but I'm sure someone out there probably does.

[kaorder1999]

well..that is freaking awesome....he has one of the fastest times of the year this year....He ran a 10.22 this weekend and they havnt updated the list yet so i guess he has the fastest time so far in 2004

TOP TIMES IN 2004
100 METERS (10.35)
10.23 1 0.4 Ernest Wiggins Appalachian State 3/20 Charlotte
10.25 1 0.0 Tim Harden Nike 3/20 Tempe
10.27 2 0.0 Dwight Phillips Nike 3/20 Tempe
10.28 h 0.8 Walter Dix FlHS 3/26 Gainesville
10.29 2 0.4 Derrick Johnson Charlotte 3/20 Charlotte
10.33 2 1.5 Obadiah Cooper Unat. 3/6 Tempe
1 1.9 Titus Ryan Wallace St. 3/27 Starkville

[crzyjournalist03]

well, the 10.07 said it's from may of '03, so that's probably why it's not listed on the best times of this year.

[kaorder1999]

yeah...that was last year...i was talking about the 10.22 that he ran this weekend

[crzyjournalist03]

oh yeah...wow...guess he does have the top time this year too!

[kaorder1999]

since its been a while since its been updated, other people might have been faster..who knows..

[crzyjournalist03]

I noticed on that first link showing the qualifiying times for the trails that 10.07 was for the "A" group and 10.25 for "B"...what's the difference between the two?

[vfunk]

If I am not mistaken, The A group are the automatic qualifiers. If there are not enough auto qualifiers, then they go to the "B" group to fill up the rest of the field.

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by vfunk
If I am not mistaken, The A group are the automatic qualifiers. If there are not enough auto qualifiers, then they go to the "B" group to fill up the rest of the field.

you are right so his time of 10.07 puts him in the automatic group....the A group