Louie Hinchliffe got here into this season with a 100m better of 10.11 from final yr, when he ranked No.11 within the UK. But on Friday (Could 24) in Arkansas the 21-year-old from Sheffield scorched to an attention grabbing 9.84 (+2.5).
Racing for the College of Houston – the place the coach is nine-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis – Hinchliffe’s time was barely wind-assisted. Nonetheless, the one British athlete to have run sooner is Zharnel Hughes together with his nationwide file of 9.83 (1.3) from New York final yr.
Hinchliffe’s sensible run can also be the quickest 100m on the earth in all circumstances throughout 2024 up to now. Earlier he had run a authorized 10.00 (+0.8) in his warmth, too.
Solely 5 years in the past Hinchliffe was mentioning the rear in final place within the English Faculties 100m ultimate. However now he has put himself within the body for Olympic choice.
Louie Hinchliffe (Houston Athletics)
A comparatively unknown sprinter previous to this summer time, regardless of profitable the England Athletics 100m title in 2022, he’ll one of the talked about athletes within the run-up to the UK Championships in Manchester in late June. A member of Sheffield and Dearne AC within the UK, the place he was coached by Rudolph Paul Hohn, he was a gifted golfer earlier than specializing in athletics.
At simply 5ft 9in tall he obtained into his stride rapidly in Arkansas on Friday earlier than producing a ultimate surge over the closing phases that his mentor, Lewis, would have been happy with.
Along with his 100m particular person efficiency at this NCAA West preliminary spherical assembly, Hinchliffe, who beforehand studied at Lancaster College and Washington State, teamed up with Houston Cougars team-mates Ireon Brown, Cayden Broadnax and Shaun Maswanganyi to clock 38.80 as they certified for the NCAA Championships in Eugene on June 5-8 within the dash relay.
Louie Hinchliffe (Houston Athletics)
The outcomes are an excellent success for Houston the place Lewis is head sprints coach. Now aged 62, he received 9 Olympic titles and eight world gold medals. These embrace Olympic 100m, 200m, lengthy bounce and 4x100m titles, which he received 40 years in the past this summer time on the Los Angeles Video games in 1984.
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