Fast HSer

Ronalds is having a good year. He is a foreign exchange student from Latvia. I think that he has run as fast as 10.38 and has a number of times under 10.50.

I have been following the Texas HS track season, but I was going to wait to post until the state meet. Here are some notable performances from white HS sprinters in Texas at their district meets:

- Staton Jobe out of Austin Westlake ran a 10.49 at his district meet and has a PB of 10.35. He is a kid who was an All-State WR, but was snubbed by the Big 12 schools and will be playing WR for Virginia next year.
- Clint Renfro dominated the hurdles with a 13.67 in the 110mh and a 36.75 in the 300mh in his district meet, both ranked first in the state. He will be a WR for TCU next year.
- Colin Jones of Bridgeport won the 100m with a 10.39 at his district meet and was 2nd in the 200m with a 21.65. He will be playing DB for TCU next year.
- Clint Stubbs of Atlanta Tx won the 200m at his district meet with a 21.28 which is the 2nd fastest time in the state. Clint is the brother of UT star outfielder Drew Stubbs. He will be joining his brother next year on the UT baseball team.
- Blake Collier is a kid who is going to play linebacker for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He is 6'2" 210 lbs and he placed 1st in the 100m (10.94) and 2nd in the 200m (22.09) in his district meet. He is going to be fun to watch next football season.

Edited by SteveB

Your right surfsider, to play football most players have to fillout and to fillout you lose speed in general.  The only sprinters(I can think of) who remained world class near the end of his collegiate football career were Bob Hayes and OJ Simpson and both competed in the 60's before juicing added muscle mass to the average football players size....

Oh right "speed", timed fast but not game speed, right Bowden speak........

Originally posted by JGNYC Intersetingly, he is listed on Rivals.com as a football prospect with a 40 time of only 4.65. There is no way that time can be right.

Yes, I laughed when I saw that too. I saw an article in one of the papers about him. He said that he was running his 40's in the 4.38 sec range.

4.69 probably on grass. According to one article, top sprinters, on a bad day, will run the 40 in the 4.8 range!
40 times are easily doctored.

Thanks for the great updates guys.I haven't been following h.s. track as much lately.I need to try to go to Dyestat.com a little more to keep up.Then again,maybe not,you guys got it covered.

I'm curious to see how R.Arajs does.Do you guys know if he is getting any scholarship offers for track.I sure hope so.There are so many good athletes coming from Europe these days.Good luck to him.

I have a question for you SteveB.Isn't Ronald Arajs only a junior?I believe that is what Dyestat.com said but I could be wrong.If so,to be have a p.b. in the 10.4 range is outstanding for a junior.Good luck to him as he continues to improve.

Here is article that lists Ronalds Arajs as a future walkon at WR for UTEP. I guess none of the track scholarship offers panned out. I can't believe that this kid can't get a scholarship to run track for a major university. He has run a FAT 10.40 and has a 10.38 (not sure if FAT) on his list of accomplishments. Here you go free_safety, another example of an accomplished white sprinter being snubbed.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/sports/ci_3907466

Ronalds Arajs representing UTEP, won the 100m this weekend at the New Mexico Invitational in a time of 10.29.
The wind was over the allowable, but still a very solid performance.
Glad to see that this speedster is still at it and making progress.