Monday, 10 May 2021
The 100 metres, as expected, provided the highlight of yesterday s Golden Gala meeting on the Mount San Antonio College track in Walnut, California.
But it was the women s racing, rather than the men s, that caught the attention as 21-year-old home sprinter Sha Carri Richardson, with hair of brightest blue, confirmed her status as an early phenomenon of the Olympic season by clocking 10.74sec in the heats.
With a 1.1 metres-per-second wind at her back, she then won the final in 10.77 into a 1.2mps headwind.
According to the statistician s reckoning that would have been worth 10.69 in still conditions - faster than the 10.72 she clocked earlier this season to go sixth on the all-time list. If you want to push it, it would have been 10.58 with the maximum allowable tailwind of 2mps for record purposes.
Jason Koon Says He Can Run a 10.9-Second 100M Dash, Offers $2 Million Wager
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Jason Koon is putting his money where his mouth is on a potential track and field prop bet, but it’s unlikely he’ll get any action, at least not on the terms he’d like. The Partypoker ambassador offered to wager $2 million that he can run the 100-meter dash in 10.9 seconds or better within a year’s time.
Jason Koon isn’t lacking confidence in his athletic abilities. (Image: worldpokertour.com)
At his age, no matter how much effort he puts in, it won’t be easy. Koon turns 36 in two months, four years beyond the typical prime age of an athlete. And he hasn’t competed in organized sports since his track and field days at West Virginia Wesleyan College 15 years ago.
This past summer, during the height of the shut-down, this writer witnessed a virtual live performance by Johnny Rawls and guitarist Christopher Dean. So it’s not surprising to see the veteran blues/soul man Rawls appear on
Songs from French Street by Christopher Dean, but I didn’t know that the Dean-Snyder relationship is not new: this is the fourth album for Dean on “Chicago” Carl Snyder’s Lost World Music label. “Chicago” Carl Snyder has been playing for six decades, half of which were in the Windy City as the keyboardist for Junior Wells, Son Seals, Jimmy Johnson and Otis Rush. With the blessing of “Chicago” Carl, we know we are getting the real deal stuff with Christopher Dean.