Torrey Campbell...

[HawkPhreek]

wins at national track meet. Saw this on tos. Thought it was interesting. Sound like the kid can fly !!!!!

Prep track: Barron Collier's Torrey Campbell wins hurdles in national indoor meet Naples Daily News

 

[imported_ankle23]

Come to the Drake Relays!

Pretty impressive win given he had never ran indoors.

 

[CAARHawk]

Wow. That race is a good indicator of football speed, because you need to get up to speed fast and maintain speed while negotiating obstacles. In other words, it isn't just track speed.

 

[Mac50702]

Wow. That race is a good indicator of football speed, because you need to get up to speed fast and maintain speed while negotiating obstacles. In other words, it isn't just track speed.

I think that he has great football speed, but i do not think that hurdles is a great indicator of football speed. All it indicates is that he will be able to hurdle tacklers while running. Does it indicate how fast he cant start, stop, start again, change directions and make objects miss him?

 

[Hawksel]

Campbell and Lomax could turn out to be a pretty good CB duo in a few years.

 

[Casey388]

Campbell and Lomax could turn out to be a pretty good CB duo in a few years.

And both could turn out to be great at track also. IIRC wasn't Lomax on a national champion 4 x 400 relay team?

 

[CAARHawk]

I think that he has great football speed, but i do not think that hurdles is a great indicator of football speed. All it indicates is that he will be able to hurdle tacklers while running. Does it indicate how fast he cant start, stop, start again, change directions and make objects miss him?

You would be surprised. You can lose a lot of speed going over a hurdle. It takes explosion, fluidity, agility, and coordination to keep your speed up.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

You would be surprised. You can lose a lot of speed going over a hurdle. It takes explosion, fluidity, agility, and coordination to keep your speed up.

Well, Renaldo Nehemiah blistered the track, both over hurdles and on the flat. It didn't translate to the football field, although he did spend some time with the 49ers.

Track speed is great, but it's but one variable. But it DOES show that the kid is probably a great athlete, which we can ALWAYS use.

 

[homerHAWKeye777]

Campbell's coach had him play on O most of the time. However, based on need, when they needed speed in the secondary to match-up against their competitors top WRs ... they'd put Campbell against 'em.

I think that that really tells us a lot about how Campbell is A LOT more than just a "speed guy." He's a football player FIRST ... and he just happens to be one with some speed too.

As it turns out ... Iowa's had better luck with "track guys" with hurdling experience than guys who are just sprinters.