{"id":321,"date":"2010-05-09T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2010-05-09T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T21:18:00","slug":"dix-and-culson-highlight-weekend-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=321","title":{"rendered":"Dix and Culson Highlight Weekend Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Doha and the start of the Diamond League a week away, and no big meets on tap this weekend not a lot was expected in terms of upper level times. But with no global championship on tap it looks like we\u2019re going to be treated to a lot of high level action this year. At least that\u2019s how things worked out this weekend as Walter Dix and Javier Culson let everyone know that they are going to be major players in their events this year. <\/p>\n

Dix (US) became the first sprinter to run sub10 and sub20 this season with a fast 9.98\/19.89 sprint double at the Seminole Twilight meet in Tallahassee. Quite impressive when one considers that there was only about an hour between events. The marks were his 7th sub10 and 4th sub20 ever, indicating that Dix is in superb shape and possibly ready to improve upon his PR\u2019s (9.91\/19.69) this year. The times also make him #2 on the season in both events.<\/p>\n

Competing in Puerto Rico, Culson (PUR) made significant improvement on his old PR with his world leading 47.72. Culson\u2019s time moves him into the #20 spot all time in the event.Only Angelo Taylor\u2019s Beijing gold medal run (47.25) and Kerron Clement\u2019s Osaka gold medal run (47.61) have been faster in the last three seasons! Culson had a nice breakout season last year improving from 48.87 to 48.09 and taking silver in Berlin. He\u2019s not missing a beat this season with his latest PR and looks ready to challenge for the top spot in the event. <\/p>\n

Another hurdler that seems to be ready this year is David Oliver, who also ran a world leader in Puerto Rico \u2013 13.12. After a nice indoor season where he took bronze at the World Championships Oliver has been steadily dropping his times outdoors – 13.32, 13.24, 13.12 –  and could be the one to challenge Dayron Robles this year. Important when looking at potential medal counts, because with Terrence Trammell at 31 years old, we need someone that can move forward with Robles and even a rehabbing Liu as both are still very young. At 28 years old and with a best of 12.95 Oliver may have to be that guy until some of our young talent begins to emerge. So far his season is starting nicely. <\/p>\n

Big change in focus next week as the relay season is nearly done. Doha will kick off the Diamond League, and the collegiate conferences get hot and heavy on their way to the NCAA championships. <\/p>\n

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With Doha and the start of the Diamond League a week away, and no big meets on tap this weekend not a lot was expected in terms of upper level times. But with no global championship on tap it looks like we\u2019re going to be treated to a lot of high level action this year. At least that\u2019s how things worked out this weekend as Walter Dix and Javier Culson let everyone know that they are going to be major players in their events this year. Dix (US) became the first sprinter to run sub10 and sub20 this season with a fast 9.98\/19.89 sprint double at the Seminole Twilight meet in Tallahassee. Quite impressive when one considers that there was only about an hour between events. The marks were his 7th sub10 and 4th sub20 ever, indicating that Dix is in superb shape and possibly ready to improve upon his PR\u2019s (9.91\/19.69) this year. The times also make him #2 on the season in both events. Competing in Puerto Rico, Culson (PUR) made significant improvement on his old PR with his world leading 47.72. Culson\u2019s time moves him into the #20 spot all time in the event.Only Angelo Taylor\u2019s Beijing gold medal run (47.25) and Kerron Clement\u2019s Osaka gold medal run (47.61) have been faster in the last three seasons! Culson had a nice breakout season last year improving from 48.87 to 48.09 and taking silver in Berlin. He\u2019s not missing a beat this season with his latest PR and looks ready to challenge for the top spot in the event. Another hurdler that seems to be ready this year is David Oliver, who also ran a world leader in Puerto Rico \u2013 13.12. After a nice indoor season where he took bronze at the World Championships Oliver has been steadily dropping his times outdoors – 13.32, 13.24, 13.12 –  and could be the one to challenge Dayron Robles this year. Important when looking at potential medal counts, because with Terrence Trammell at 31 years old, we need someone that can move forward with Robles and even a rehabbing Liu as both are still very young. At 28 years old and with a best of 12.95 Oliver may have to be that guy until some of our young talent begins to emerge. So far his season is starting nicely. Big change in focus next week as the relay season is nearly done. Doha will kick off the Diamond League, and the collegiate conferences get hot and heavy on their way to the NCAA championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-5b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":302,"url":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=302","url_meta":{"origin":321,"position":0},"title":"Hot Weekend of Match Ups in Store","author":"CHill","date":"April 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A lot of action on tap this weekend as the season begins to hit stride with several interesting match ups and possibly the top in season high school invitational of the year scheduled all over the country.In Eugene we get two of the country\u2019s top collegiate programs as Oregon and\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=302#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"Track and Field: NCAA Championships","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/5\/2\/e\/c\/Track_and_Field_8cad.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":523,"url":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=523","url_meta":{"origin":321,"position":1},"title":"My Thoughts on Tyson Gay \u2013 Go Back to the Future","author":"CHill","date":"July 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Since June 24th, the question that I have been asked the most is: what do you think is going to happen with Tyson Gay? 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