Day 2: Carmelita Jeter Takes the 100 meters! by Larry Eder

Carmelita Jeter is coached by John Smith. Coach Smith is a man who understands, that tiny, tiny things make all of the difference in the sprints. Sprints are one and lost in the execution-especially, in the finish. Smith knows that, and so do his sprinters.
Jeter has run well all season, racing better each time. In the second round, Carmelita Jeter ran a wind aided 10.72, one of fastest time run EVER in any circumstances. She was ready for the final. All the crowd could see that….
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Carmelita Jeter ran a near perfect race in the final. She had too. Muna Lee and Lauryn Williams, two of our toughest, most seasoned sprinters, were on her like glue. Munal Lee and Carmelita were so close, it was decided by one hundreths of a second-as both received times of 10.77 wind aided.
In third was Lauryn Williams, a women who loves rounds and who races better with rounds than most of her competition, in 10.96.
The U.S. fortunes in the sprints look to be swinging upwards. There is this little Carribbean island called Jamaica that may beg to differ. On the relays, hopefully, the new protocols should bring some sanity back to the relay teams. Only time will tell, and the crowd in Berlin is in for a treat!
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Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 51-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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