State sprinter Tavaris Tate with the fastest time in the world...

[dawgstudent]

<h3>Tate given SEC honor</h3>

<span class="pp"></span>Freshman runner
Tavaris Tate of Starkville was named the Southeastern Conference's
freshman of the week in track and field.<span class="aa"></span></p><span class="pp"></span>Over the weekend, he won the 400-meter dash at 44.86
seconds at the Alabama Relays. It's the top time in the world this
season.

 

[opusdawg]

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<h1 class="articleHeadline">Johnson Loses In the 400 Meters</h1>
<h6 class="dateline">Published: June 26, 1997</h6>


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PARIS, June 25—
Michael Johnson lost his first race at 400 meters in eight years
today. </p>


Competing for the first time since a match-race loss at 150 meters
to Donovan Bailey almost four weeks ago, Johnson, the double gold
medalist from last year's Olympics, was fifth at the Gaz de France meet.
He finished in 45.76 seconds. </p>


Antonio Pettigrew, who took the United States 400 title last month
(Johnson missed the meet with an injured thigh), won in <span style="font-weight: bold;">44.86 seconds. </span></p>


In a race between the world's two top 1,500-meter runners, the
indoor world record-holder, Hicham el-Guerrouj of Morocco, beat the
outdoor world record-holder, Noureddine Morceli of Algeria, by nearly 15
meters. The times were 3 minutes 31.87 seconds and 3:33.98. </p>
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[dbb49]

Men's 400m - 2008 Olympic Final:

<table id="sortable_table_id_10" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><th>Rank<span class="sortarrow"> </span></th><th>Lane<span class="sortarrow"> </span></th><th>Athlete<span class="sortarrow"> </span></th><th>Nationality<span class="sortarrow"> </span></th><th>Time<span class="sortarrow"> </span></th><th>Reaction
time<span class="sortarrow"> </span></th><th>Notes<span class="sortarrow"> </span></th></tr><tr><td><span style="display: none;" class="sortkey">1 ?</span><span class="sorttext"> </span></td><td>4</td><td align="left">LaShawn Merritt</td><td align="left">

United States</td><td>43.75</td><td>0.318</td><td>PB</td></tr><tr><td><span style="display: none;" class="sortkey">2 ?</span><span class="sorttext"> </span></td><td>7</td><td align="left">Jeremy Wariner</td><td align="left">

United States</td><td>44.74</td><td>0.209</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><span style="display: none;" class="sortkey">3 ?</span><span class="sorttext"> </span></td><td>9</td><td align="left">David Neville</td><td align="left">

United States</td><td>44.80</td><td>0.293</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>5</td><td align="left">Chris Brown</td><td align="left">

Bahamas</td><td>44.84</td><td>0.231</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>6</td><td align="left">Leslie Djhone</td><td align="left">

France</td><td>45.11</td><td>0.164</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>8</td><td align="left">Martyn Rooney</td><td align="left">

Great Britain</td><td>45.12</td><td>0.208</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>2</td><td align="left">Renny Quow</td><td align="left">

Trinidad and
Tobago</td><td>45.22</td><td>0.201</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>3</td><td align="left">Johan Wissman</td><td align="left">

Sweden</td><td>45.39</td><td>0.218</td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

[mjh94]

he runs the last leg of the race at about 2:30... it's incredible the sustained speed he has for that distance.

you could also convert his 44.86 second 400 meters into a sustained 4.14 40 yard dash. ETA: that Lashawn Merritt time is comparable to a 4 flat 40

Tavaris Tate - 2009 Pan Am Games

 

[af102]

the most impressive part of that relay was the third guy making up a huge distance in less than half a lap. looked like he was just running while everyone else was walking

 

[markymark.sixpack]

JJ (sort of).

 

[AdamDawgDude]

I ran the 400 in high school against two great runners in Nashville--Ramon Clay and Joey Handy. Joey ran with me in high school and broke my school record with a 47.5. He won state twice and took a full scholarship to run at UNC. He is a 6'6" white guy and took about 60% as many steps to get around the track as I did. Ramon is probably about 6' tall and beat Carl Lewis out for the alternate spot in the 200m in 1996. He would leave guys in the dust in the 400m with times that were usually in the 47 second range. He was very cocky and usually coasted the last 70m. I've never seen a runner like Tate with the exception of World Championships and Olympic meets.

Tate has the potential to be one of the world's elite for a long time.

 

[ckDOG]

This guy sounds like a legit olympic medalist in the making.

 

[bonedaddy401]

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[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Track speed always translates to a deep threat.

 

[ScoobaDawg]

Football will not get a chance to touch him.

 

[Todd4State]

He has more potential for making MSU look good by running track than being a fifth WR that can't catch.

Not to mention himself.

Him winning a Gold Medal in the Olympics could be huge for MSU's track program.

 

[kired]

It really is amazing to run against guys anywhere near that fast.Even though I was never really fast at all, I went to a slow (aka mostly white) high schooland I was one of the fastest guys there.So I got a couple of opportunities to run against really fast guys...all I can really say is it's amazing to see guys that fast. I don't remember what the fastest couple of guys could run (I'm guessing mid-50s??) but they made me feel embarrassed to even be on the track at the same time. You don't realize how fast these guys are until you're completely blown away by them.

 

[AdamDawgDude]

It really is amazing to run against guys anywhere near that fast.Even though I was never really fast at all, I went to a slow (aka mostly white) high schooland I was one of the fastest guys there.So I got a couple of opportunities to run against really fast guys...all I can really say is it's amazing to see guys that fast. I don't remember what the fastest couple of guys could run (I'm guessing mid-50s??) but they made me feel embarrassed to even be on the track at the same time. You don't realize how fast these guys are until you're completely blown away by them.

True statement here. The guys that are really impressive in person are the hurdlers. A guy that can go over a hurdle and make it look like a simple extension of their normal stride is something else to see live.

 

[bonedaddy401]

and Miss State had 2 of them:<div>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><pre style="white-space: pre; font-family: monospace; font-size: 11px; "> 1 187 Smith, Calvin JR Florida 44.96R 10
2 418 Mullings, Dwight JR Miss. State 44.98R 8
3 404 Bailey, John SR Miss. State 45.55R 6
4 327 Hayes, Armanti JR LSU 45.67R 5
5 344 Simmons, Robert FR LSU 46.08R 4
6 271 Acevedo, Jose SR Kentucky 46.17R 3
7 165 Anderson, R.J. SR Florida 46.46R 2
8 465 Ngwigwa, OB JR South Carolina 47.20R 1
-- 238 Lawrence, Torrin FR Georgia DNF [/code]<pre style="white-space: pre; font-family: monospace; font-size: 11px; "> [/code]<pre style="white-space: pre; font-family: monospace; font-size: 11px; ">Those are the results of the SEC Championships last year. [/code]</span></div>