{"id":1036,"date":"2015-03-08T14:19:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/?p=880"},"modified":"2021-10-08T14:48:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T18:48:16","slug":"outdoor-track-relays-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/blog\/outdoor-track-relays-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Track, The Relays and Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong>13 Track &amp; Field\u00a0Events that Quantify\u00a0Football Power &amp; Speed \u2013 Part III: Outdoor Track, The Relays\u00a0and Football<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below\u00a0are portions\u00a0of an article written by Tony Holler, Head Track &amp; Field Coach at Plainfield North High School.\u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freelapusa.com\/?s=13+things\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #f1813b;\">full article<\/span><\/a>\u00a0can be\u00a0viewed on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freelapusa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #f1813b;\">Freelap.com<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Coach Holler was gracious enough to allow us\u00a0to use his article and viewpoints\u00a0here and to\u00a0expand it some more with additional\u00a0football references.\u00a0\u00a0TrackingFootball would like to thank him again\u00a0and\u00a0please take a look at one of his other articles which has generated\u00a0over 5K shares on social media and over 20,000 views <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freelapusa.com\/10-reasons-to-join-the-track-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #f1813b;\">\u201910 Reasons to Join the Track\u00a0Team\u2019<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Part\u00a0Two of this blog series we looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/blog\/outdoor-track-200-400-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outdoor Track, the 200,\u00a0400 and Football<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0This time\u00a0we will focus on the sprint relays\u00a0and how they relate to quantifying football speed.\u00a0 These events are run competitively indoor as well but at the high school\u00a0level are primarily outdoor events.\u00a0 Because many high school football players are either participating in other winter sports or focusing on out-of-season weight training and agilities we\u2019ll focus on the outdoor\u00a0season aspect\u00a0of these events.<\/p>\n<p>All comments, insights and pics\u00a0below are Coach Tony Holler\u2019s unless noted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-882 alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4\u00d71 RELAY<\/strong> \u2026 The 4\u00d71 is the greatest race in track and field.\u00a0 Football players own this one.\u00a0 My hope every year would be a freshmen team under 45.00 (last year 44.99), a sophomore group under 44.00 (last year 43.82), and a varsity team under 42.50 (last year 42.22).\u00a0 The state meet was won by Edwardsville at 41.46.\u00a0 Landon Collins of Alabama ran on a 4\u00d71 team blazing 41.10.\u00a0 26 guys on Alabama\u2019s roster ran the 4\u00d71 in high school.\u00a0 As I mentioned in my last article, TCU had six guys in last year\u2019s recruiting class who ran on sub-42 teams.\u00a0 No wonder TCU leads the nation in scoring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_883\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/400-relay.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-883\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-883\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/400-relay-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Plainfield North 400 Relay team - 2008\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plainfield North 400 Relay team &#8211; 2008<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TrackingFootball says:\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Agree with Coach about the 4&#215;100 relay, it is a great event for football skill players.\u00a0\u00a0Great\u00a0high school relay teams are often comprised of football players.\u00a0The team concept\u00a0is never more visible during a track meet\u00a0than relay races. Each runner has to depend on and trust their teammate.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 4&#215;100 relay provides a nice\u00a0stage to view an\u00a0athlete&#8217;s speed &#8220;on the fly&#8221;.\u00a0 The speed displayed in this event directly correlates to the all\u00a0out running seen during football special teams play, interception returns and\u00a0deep throws and pass\u00a0patterns.<\/p>\n<p>Another benefit of the 4&#215;100 is coaches have the option of putting multiple relay teams (I remember fielding up to\u00a05 JV and freshman 4&#215;100 teams)\u00a0on the track at once, during dual meets\u00a0and smaller\u00a0meets.\u00a0\u00a0 This is a good way to get a lot of football \/ track athletes involved with\u00a0competitive sprinting.\u00a0On occasions there are even some linebacker and linemen types that have enough speed to\u00a0run on their high school relay teams.\u00a0 And everyone loves the &#8220;throwers&#8217; relay&#8221;.\u00a0 \u00a0Always nice for bigger athletes to highlight their\u00a0running skills.<\/p>\n<p>There are countless examples of great college and NFL players that ran on their high school&#8217;s relay teams.\u00a0 Below are a few anecdotes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Players with verifiable 4&#215;100 relay speed that translated to the NFL:<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>LaDainian Tomlinson RB<\/em><strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong> Waco University HS in TX state qualifying 4&#215;1 (41.82)<br \/>\n<em>Jamal Lewis RB<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Douglass HS in Georgia 4&#215;1\u00a04th state (42.14)<br \/>\n<em>Arian Foster RB<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Mission Bay HS in California 4&#215;1 (44.20)<br \/>\n<em>Michael Huff DB<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Nimitz HS in TX 4&#215;1 (41.25)<br \/>\n<em>Ricky Williams RB<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Patrick Henry HS in California 4&#215;1 (42.83)<br \/>\n<em>Maurice Jones-Drew RB<\/em> &#8211; De La Salle HS in California state qualifying\u00a04&#215;1 (42.20)<br \/>\n<em>Darrelle Revis CB<\/em> &#8211; Aliquippa HS in Pennsylvania 3rd state 4&#215;1 (43.59)<br \/>\n<em>Antonio Brown WR<\/em> &#8211; Miami Norland HS in Florida 4&#215;1 (41.96)<br \/>\n<em>Richard Sherman CB<\/em> &#8211; Dominguez HS in California 4&#215;1 (41.95)<br \/>\n<em>Patrick Peterson CB<\/em> &#8211; Blanche Ely HS in Florida 2nd state\u00a04&#215;1 (41.41)<br \/>\n<em>Vontae Davis CB <\/em>&#8211; Dunbar HS in Washington D.C. 4&#215;1 (43.38)<br \/>\n<em>Darren Sproles RB<\/em> &#8211; Olathe North HS\u00a0in Kansas 4&#215;1(42.71)<br \/>\n<em>DeMarco Murray RB<\/em> &#8211; Bishop Gorman HS in Nevada 4&#215;1 (44.24)<br \/>\n<em>Brandin Cooks WR<\/em> &#8211; Lincoln HS in California 4&#215;1 (43.18) also 21.59\/200 &amp; 10.76\/100 sprinter<br \/>\n<em>Demaryius Thomas WR<\/em> &#8211; West Laurens HS in Georgia 4&#215;1 (43.19) also 11.00\/100 sprinter<br \/>\n<em>Randall Cobb WR<\/em> &#8211; Alcoa HS in Tennessee 2nd state 4&#215;1 (42.13)<br \/>\nto name just a few of the thousands more that can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/No.-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-889 alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/No.-5.jpg\" alt=\"No. 5\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4\u00d72 RELAY<\/strong> \u2026 Like comparing the 100 to the 200, the 4\u00d72 sprinters are usually the same as the 4\u00d71.\u00a0 However, the event conflicts with the 400, so your 47.50 400 meter runner never gets to run the 4\u00d72.\u00a0 In addition, the 4\u00d72 is less than 20 minutes from the running of the 300 hurdles, so those terrific athletes are often absent from the 4\u00d72.\u00a0 The 4\u00d71 always has an A-team event, the top four sprinters from every school.\u00a0 The 4\u00d72 is not.\u00a0 Football players are everywhere here.\u00a0 My 4\u00d72 last year was anchored by Quintin Hoosman, who led the state of Illinois this year in rushing (2400 yards and 32 touchdowns in 10 games).\u00a0 My hope every year would be a freshmen team under 1:36.00 (last year 1:35.02), a sophomore group under 1:33.0 (last year 1:31.84), and a varsity group under 1:28.0 (last year 1:28.61).\u00a0 The Plainfied North school record is 1:27.14.\u00a0 The Illinois state meet was won by Schaumburg at 1:26.13.\u00a0 Nine guys on Alabama\u2019s roster ran the 4\u00d72 in high school, Landon Collins ran on a team that went\u00a01:26.55.\u00a0 Baylor has three guys who ran on high school teams running 1:25.45, 1:25.84, and 1:26.02.<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_890\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/4x2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-890\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-890\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/4x2-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"My 4\u00d72 set the Illinois Class A record in 2001 running 1:28.06. Not bad for a school of 600 kids from a poor coal-mining town in Southern Illinois. The same guys ran 42.50 in the 4\u00d71 (another record). The big guy in this picture, Braden Jones, long jumped 23\u20194\u2033 and ran 48.8 in the 400 despite being 6\u20193\u2033, 215. He later started at LB for Northwestern, TE at SIU, and played for the Minnesota Vikings.\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My 4\u00d72 set the Illinois Class A record in 2001 running 1:28.06. Not bad for a school of 600 kids from a poor coal-mining town in Southern Illinois. The same guys ran 42.50 in the 4\u00d71 (another record). The big guy in this picture, Braden Jones, long jumped 23\u20194\u2033 and ran 48.8 in the 400 despite being 6\u20193\u2033, 215. He later started at LB for Northwestern, TE at SIU, and played for the Minnesota Vikings.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TrackingFootball says:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 The 4&#215;200 relay obviously similar to the 4&#215;100, as Coach pointed out.\u00a0 In this particular event more powerful sprinters and football \/\u00a0track athletes can dominate the tie-in is obvious.\u00a0 Here again we see athletes getting to showcase their flat out speed &#8220;on the fly&#8221; but at a longer distance.\u00a0Below are a few more anecdotes&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Players with verifiable 4&#215;200 relay speed that translated to college and\u00a0the NFL:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><em>Justin Forsett RB<\/em> &#8211; Grace Prep HS in Texas\u00a04&#215;2 (1:30.97)<br \/>\n<em>Earl Thomas DB<\/em> &#8211; West Orange-Stark HS in Texas 4&#215;2 (1:27.77)<br \/>\n<em>Dez Bryant WR<\/em> &#8211; Lufkin HS in Texas 4&#215;2 (1:28.35)<br \/>\n<em>Jamaal Charles RB<\/em> &#8211; Port Arthur Memorial\u00a0 HS in Texas state champ 4&#215;2 (1:24.12)<br \/>\n<em>Christine Michael RB<\/em> &#8211; Beaumont Westbrook HS in Texas 4&#215;2 (1:28.45)<br \/>\n<em>Aqib Talib DB<\/em> &#8211; \u00a0Richardson Berkner HS in Texas 4&#215;2 (1:32.77)<br \/>\n<em>Leonard Fournette RB<\/em> (college) &#8211; St. Augustine HS in Louisiana 4&#215;2 (1:26.83)<br \/>\n<em>Melvin Gordon RB<\/em> (college) &#8211; Kenosha Bradford HS in Wisconsin 4&#215;2 (1:28.98)<br \/>\n<em>Tevin Coleman RB<\/em> (college) &#8211; Oak Forest HS in Illinois 4&#215;2 (1:30.24)<br \/>\nto name just a few of the thousands that can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/No.6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-894 alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/No.6.jpg\" alt=\"No.6\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4\u00d74 RELAY<\/strong> \u2026 This should be the football coaches\u2019 favorite.\u00a0 No other race resembles a backyard brawl.\u00a0 In this race, you can apply all of those words football coaches love \u2026 courage, toughness, dedication, loyalty, perseverance, determination, hard work, and discipline.\u00a0 Four guys at the end of a meet, beaten and battered from earlier races, courageously put it all on the line.\u00a0 No one feels good, but there is something inherently \u201cmanly\u201d about the race.\u00a0 <em>Four are warriors racing one last time.<\/em>\u00a0 This gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.\u00a0 Yes, I was a 4\u00d74 guy.\u00a0 My hope every year would be a freshmen team under 3:40.0 (PN Fr record 3:39.71), a sophomore team under 3:32.00 (PN Soph record 3:30.84), and a varsity team under 3:20 (PN Var record 3:19.30).\u00a0 The Illinois state meet was won by East St. Louis running 3:16.59.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_895\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/4x4.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-895\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-895\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/4x4-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"The 4\u00d74 is the track &amp; field\u2019s most competitive race.\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 4\u00d74 is the track &amp; field\u2019s most competitive race.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>TrackingFootball says:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Absolute agreement the 4&#215;400 or &#8220;mile&#8221; relay is the most competitive and exciting relay, perhaps event, during a track meet.\u00a0 Running the 400, as we&#8217;ve discussed in prior blogs, is gut-wrenching and this relay supplies all that and then some.\u00a0 This event shows which athletes are really tough and\u00a0refuse to quit.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had the pleasure of coaching <a href=\"https:\/\/iuhoosiers.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/darius-willis\/4208\">Darius Willis<\/a>,\u00a0Indiana University\u00a0football player from\u00a02008-11,\u00a0during my time as a teacher and track coach in Indianapolis. Darius was easily one of the best athletes I ever coached, and I coached some good ones (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/buckeyeblog\/index.ssf\/2009\/02\/ohio_state_football_donald_was.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Washington<\/a>).\u00a0 Darius\u00a0participated in high school\u00a0football, wrestling, track &amp; field, baseball and basketball &#8211; although he only wrestled and played basketball as a freshman.<\/p>\n<p>Darius was nice enough to do an email interview with me several weeks ago.\u00a0 This is what he candidly\u00a0had to\u00a0say about high school\u00a0multi-sport participation, track and field, running the 4&#215;100 and 4&#215;400 relay and how they impacted his transition to playing Big Ten Football, in his own words:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I think playing multiple sports in high school gives you a competitive advantage because you are always in great shape. Playing\u00a0five sports as I did in high school helped me gain a lot of knowledge about how to compete at the next level. Each sport\u2019s practice is different from the other and having that experience put me a step ahead of my competition at the next level. When you&#8217;re in college you have to learn from all new coaches and each coach has a certain skill set for you to learn.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nThrough running you learn and demonstrate so much drive and determination to win and compete at the highest level possible. By running the 400 as well as the 1600 meter relays, which is the grand daddy of them all, brings out the best in you. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you\u2019re sick, hurt, or dead tired. When it comes to the 1600 relay you are going to give your all and at the end of the race feel like you just won a million dollars. That is why the 1600 is the last race (at track meets). It is best of the best to showcase who the better athletes or track team is.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nSome of my best moments through sports came by running the 400 and 1600 meter relays. The relays would bring out the best of me on the track. In football I wanted to be the best and play the best I could every game and increase that play each week just like track. You just have to have the drive, the want and desire but most importantly be willing to put in the work. That goes for any sport but there is something special about running relay races. A similarity for me that I can compare is being the anchor on the relays and being a\u00a0running back. It\u00a0means that I love the pressure on me and that I want to perform at my best for my teams.\u00a0My teammates\u00a0believed in me as their leader.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I can&#8217;t say for certain that because of participating in the relays it specifically helped my football performance. But being a competitive athlete you always want to perform at your best and that\u2019s what helped me most in football. To all athletes who have dreams of playing at the next level. I would say please participate in other sports to help give you\u00a0an advantage over those athletes who don&#8217;t.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Darius Willis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_898\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/darius-willis-IU.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-898\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-898\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/darius-willis-IU-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: mgoblog.com Darius Willis runs 90 yards for TD against Michigan\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Photo Credit: mgoblog.com<\/strong><br \/>Darius Willis runs 90 yards for TD against Michigan<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_899\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Willis-4x100-State-Meet-2007.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-899\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-899\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Willis-4x100-State-Meet-2007-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Darius Willis 4x100 State Track Meet\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darius Willis 4&#215;100 State Track Meet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 Track &amp; 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