19. Gone in under 10 seconds 
Trayvon Bromell, Gibbs
Photo courtesy of Baylor
Wind or not, Trayvon Bromell is the fastest 100-meter runner in high school history.
The Baylor University signee from
Gibbs (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
shocked the high school track world on Saturday when he won the
100-meter dash in a spectacular 9.9 seconds during the 38th annual Great
Southwest Track and Field Classic in Albuquerque, N.M.
Though he
is the first prep to break the 10-second barrier, he will not have the
national record because he benefited from a tailwind of 4.0 meters per
second, double the legal wind speed. Therefore the 10.01 mark of Jeff
Demps still stands as the record.
Bromell told the Albuquerque
Journal, "It means the world to me. I'm leaving my legacy. I'm making
history. I told the (Florida) coaches I wanted to go faster than my
(10.14, his previous personal record). I knew they were getting some
fast runners here, so I wanted to come."
Baylor track and field coach Todd Harbour is more than excited to have Bromell attending his school.
"Trayvon is one of the top 100 and 200-meter guys in the country right now," he said. "We are excited to bring him in and have him continue on the tradition we have had with sprinters."
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