Weekend Rewind: 7 Storylines To Know From The Past 7 Days

1. Tate Taylor Takeover

Texas is a wild place for sprinters, so much so that storylines can be buried behind the leaders out front. Brayden Williams had been the one capturing those headlines, and with good reason. 9.82 with a, albeit very strong, tailwind in the 100m catches some eyeballs. But there were also freshmen like Sam Onwuchekwa running 10.10 in the same race behind him.

Who wasn't being talked about was Indoor National Record Holder Tate Taylor (Harlan). After breaking Jaylin Slade's indoor 200m record, which was seemingly out of nowhere this indoor season, Taylor returned to training. He had run reasonably well, enough to get him into the fast Section at the State Meet, but nowhere near the 20.46 he put up Indoors, or those windy times in the 100m.

None of that mattered on Saturday, when the Junior stormed the track at the University of Texas. He upset the favorite by clocking a wind-legal 9.92 in the 100m finals, and then coming back and doing the same at 20.14 in the 200m, easing up before the line. It very well might be the greatest single-day sprint double of all time.

Taylor is the second HS athlete under 10.00 for the 100m legally, going just 0.01 seconds under the prior National Record set by Christian Miller (St. John's FL). Isaam Assinga (Montverde) had run 9.89 in 2023, but later had been banned for using an illegal substance that altered performance. Taylor's 200m is just as impressive, tied for US #3 All-Time, and just off Noah Lyles' record of 20.09.

6A Boys 200 Meter Dash Finals