For those wondering what happened to Marlon Humphrey....

bamacon · Feb 14, 2015

http://alabama.247sports.com/Bolt/Marlon-Humphrey-relay-team-set-Alabama-record-35650071

jabcmb · Feb 15, 2015

Congratulations to Marlon and the relay team. Looking forward to seeing him contribute this fall.

92tide · Feb 15, 2015

congrats.

they ran the 5th fastest ncaa time for the year and still placed third. that was a fast race.

tidefanbeezer · Feb 15, 2015

I don't know enough about track and field or each players events to answer this myself, but will we ever see Humphrey and Brown on the same relay team?

Mystical · Feb 15, 2015

Wonder what his 40 time is now.

rgw · Feb 15, 2015

92tide said:
congrats.

they ran the 5th fastest ncaa time for the year and still placed third. that was a fast race.

I can't even be that fast in my dreams

crimsonaudio · Feb 15, 2015

Dang, dude's got wheels!

bamacon · Feb 16, 2015

tidefanbeezer said:
I don't know enough about track and field or each players events to answer this myself, but will we ever see Humphrey and Brown on the same relay team?

I don't think they run in the same events.

teamplayer · Feb 16, 2015

bamacon said:
I don't think they run in the same events.

Coming out of high school, they were both nationally ranked hurdlers.

dayhiker · Feb 16, 2015

teamplayer said:
Coming out of high school, they were both nationally ranked hurdlers.

The 400 and and the short distance hurdles are very different events.

92tide · Feb 16, 2015

dayhiker said:
The 400 and and the short distance hurdles are very different events.

400 hurdles is an impressive event

Con · Feb 16, 2015

Does anybody know what Marlon's split was in that relay?

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teamplayer · Feb 16, 2015

dayhiker said:
The 400 and and the short distance hurdles are very different events.

Yes, they are, but I thought I remembered both of them running 60m indoor hurdles and 110m outdoor hurdles. I thought Humphrey also ran 300m outdoor hurdles.
That 4x400 time they ran was smoking. That is about 46.5 seconds per quarter mile. That would have been a fun race to watch.

Gr8hope · Feb 16, 2015

Track is a truly exciting sport to watch, especially if you are a fan of one of the participants. I would like to see more coverage on The SEC Network.

crimsonaudio · Feb 16, 2015

teamplayer said:
That 4x400 time they ran was smoking. That is about 46.5 seconds per quarter mile. That would have been a fun race to watch.

Yah, much faster than I could dream running without hurdles.

Kinda fun to think there was a time when it was believed no human could break the 4-minute mile - it was thought to be physically impossible.

92tide · Feb 16, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
Yah, much faster than I could dream running without hurdles.

Kinda fun to think there was a time when it was believed no human could break the 4-minute mile - it was thought to be physically impossible.

growing up in a running family, roger bannister was a household name

Con · Feb 16, 2015

Gr8hope said:
Track is a truly exciting sport to watch, especially if you are a fan of one of the participants. I would like to see more coverage on The SEC Network.

I agree with you. There is not enough of it on tv period. The put golf on all the time and while I will check out the majors, it just isn't as exciting as Tin Cup.

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theBIGyowski · Feb 19, 2015

Gr8hope said:
Track is a truly exciting sport to watch, especially if you are a fan of one of the participants. I would like to see more coverage on The SEC Network.

Good track is a truly exciting sport to watch.

Bad track is the most boring sport in the world.

I know...track was my life for the better part of a decade. I was the manager of the men's track team at Alabama...and got to see some of the finest track athletes in the world on a weekly basis. There is no comparison to SEC track meets and you are guaranteed to get either a top 3 in the nation or top 3 in the world in terms of results.

The greatest race I have ever seen, and will ever see, was the men's mile from the 2002 Indoor SEC Championships. Our runner, David Kimani, was the favorite to win. A mile race on a 200m track is 8 laps and change. I believe it was lap 2 when David was accidentally tripped up and he fell down. The entire building (we were in Fayetteville) gasped and all of us Alabama folks in the stands were in shock. Here, the greatest distance runner in school history running in his last SEC mile, just fell down and is out of the race. So David looks up to see the field pulling away from him...then decides to get up and start running. At this point he is just saving face and running for Crimson Pride. He then starts speeding up and is down by less than a half lap (100m). Remember he is running against the best in the conference...and thus some of the best in the nation. Lap by lap he makes up more ground and by the time he gets to lap 6 he has caught the pack...and is making his way to the front. At the bell lap, David Kimani has moved into first place. The whole place is rocking...our section is screaming "ROLL TIDE...ROLL TIDE...ROLL TIDE..." as loud as we can. Yours truly, being the manager, is filming this race, and the camera is shaking so bad that it's almost not watchable. The runners cross the finish line and David is the first one there. HE FELL DOWN...GOT UP...AND WON THE RACE! Everyone in the building gave David a standing ovation as he took his victory lap. He earned a special place in the hearts of every person...regardless of him being the competition. The results are below.

Men 1 Mile Run Final
1, David Kimani, Alabama, 4:01.82.
2, Hunter Spencer, Kentucky, 4:01.99.
3, Alistair Cragg, Arkansas, 4:03.70.
4, Chris Duncan, Florida, 4:04.49.
5, James Hatch, Arkansas, 4:07.33.
6, Ryan Demers, Tennessee, 4:08.26.
7, Silverus Kimeli, Arkansas, 4:08.88.
8, Brad Hansen, Auburn, 4:10.78.
9, Courtney Chambers, Florida, 4:18.14.

Sorry for hijacking...but SEC Track & Field gets me pumped up and reminds me of my days on the track. And as far as Humphrey and Brown running together...the Alabama Relays usually has a shuttle relay for the hurdlers...so if that still exists they will most certainly be running in it. I know Jason McAddley always ran in it when he was at UA. Very fun race to watch.

JustNeedMe81 · Feb 19, 2015

I love track. Best sports to watch. I wish they would show more on espn and SEC network on weekends.... Maybe we can lobby for them to show that.

bamacon · Feb 19, 2015

theBIGyowski said:
Good track is a truly exciting sport to watch.

Bad track is the most boring sport in the world.

I know...track was my life for the better part of a decade. I was the manager of the men's track team at Alabama...and got to see some of the finest track athletes in the world on a weekly basis. There is no comparison to SEC track meets and you are guaranteed to get either a top 3 in the nation or top 3 in the world in terms of results.

The greatest race I have ever seen, and will ever see, was the men's mile from the 2002 Indoor SEC Championships. Our runner, David Kimani, was the favorite to win. A mile race on a 200m track is 8 laps and change. I believe it was lap 2 when David was accidentally tripped up and he fell down. The entire building (we were in Fayetteville) gasped and all of us Alabama folks in the stands were in shock. Here, the greatest distance runner in school history running in his last SEC mile, just fell down and is out of the race. So David looks up to see the field pulling away from him...then decides to get up and start running. At this point he is just saving face and running for Crimson Pride. He then starts speeding up and is down by less than a half lap (100m). Remember he is running against the best in the conference...and thus some of the best in the nation. Lap by lap he makes up more ground and by the time he gets to lap 6 he has caught the pack...and is making his way to the front. At the bell lap, David Kimani has moved into first place. The whole place is rocking...our section is screaming "ROLL TIDE...ROLL TIDE...ROLL TIDE..." as loud as we can. Yours truly, being the manager, is filming this race, and the camera is shaking so bad that it's almost not watchable. The runners cross the finish line and David is the first one there. HE FELL DOWN...GOT UP...AND WON THE RACE! Everyone in the building gave David a standing ovation as he took his victory lap. He earned a special place in the hearts of every person...regardless of him being the competition. The results are below.

Sorry for hijacking...but SEC Track & Field gets me pumped up and reminds me of my days on the track. And as far as Humphrey and Brown running together...the Alabama Relays usually has a shuttle relay for the hurdlers...so if that still exists they will most certainly be running in it. I know Jason McAddley always ran in it when he was at UA. Very fun race to watch.

Cool. And I thought my 5:15 mile was hot stuff. These guys are incredible.

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