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Haaaang on Sloopy, Sloopy Hang on!! O.. H.. I.. O.
Brandon is my Most Wanted in this class.
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4/29
Sprinter Saine dazzles at Wayne
OSU football coach Tressel watches Piqua star run 100 in 10.34.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
HUBER HEIGHTS | Like everyone else at Heidkamp Stadium, Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel smiled and shook his head in amazement.
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<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> He and a big Wayne Invitational crowd Friday saw Piqua junior Brandon Saine run an automated-time of 10.34 in the 100. Meet officials said it was wind-aided, but . . .
"I didn't feel much wind at all," said Saine, who counts Ohio State as one of 16 schools that have offered football scholarships. "I felt fast.
"I just wanted to run a good time. I like running for the big crowds, try to put on a show, I guess."
Saine did that each time he ran. Wind-aided or not, the 10.34 is a meet record and pushes the defending Division I 100 and 400 state champion into the elite level of all-time Ohio high school sprinters.
Later, Saine ran a personal-best and meet-record 46.8 despite not being pushed in the 400. Saine ran 21.40 in the 200. He ran 10.56 in the 100 prelims and a meet-record 21.15 in the 200 prelims.
"I just try to beat my time from the previous meet," Saine said. "Whatever I can do."
Tressel wasn't giving interviews, but he was there to watch Saine and others. He watched for hours, signing autographs and posing for pictures.
Saine smiled when Tressel's name came up. "It's always fun to run for somebody like that," Saine said. "Try to do your best."
Saine's favorite sport is football, but his track times must have college coaches salivating. He said he'd like to do both. Saine said his offers include Big Ten schools and others like Stanford and Oregon.
Saine hasn't made any decision, but Buckeye fans should beware.
"I'm trying to weigh my options," he said. "I was always a Michigan fan. I just liked watching them play."
4/29
Sprinter Saine dazzles at Wayne
OSU football coach Tressel watches Piqua star run 100 in 10.34.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
HUBER HEIGHTS | Like everyone else at Heidkamp Stadium, Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel smiled and shook his head in amazement.
<!--endtext-->
<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> He and a big Wayne Invitational crowd Friday saw Piqua junior Brandon Saine run an automated-time of 10.34 in the 100. Meet officials said it was wind-aided, but . . .
"I didn't feel much wind at all," said Saine, who counts Ohio State as one of 16 schools that have offered football scholarships. "I felt fast.
"I just wanted to run a good time. I like running for the big crowds, try to put on a show, I guess."
Saine did that each time he ran. Wind-aided or not, the 10.34 is a meet record and pushes the defending Division I 100 and 400 state champion into the elite level of all-time Ohio high school sprinters.
Later, Saine ran a personal-best and meet-record 46.8 despite not being pushed in the 400. Saine ran 21.40 in the 200. He ran 10.56 in the 100 prelims and a meet-record 21.15 in the 200 prelims.
"I just try to beat my time from the previous meet," Saine said. "Whatever I can do."
Tressel wasn't giving interviews, but he was there to watch Saine and others. He watched for hours, signing autographs and posing for pictures.
Saine smiled when Tressel's name came up. "It's always fun to run for somebody like that," Saine said. "Try to do your best."
Saine's favorite sport is football, but his track times must have college coaches salivating. He said he'd like to do both. Saine said his offers include Big Ten schools and others like Stanford and Oregon.
Saine hasn't made any decision, but Buckeye fans should beware.
"I'm trying to weigh my options," he said. "I was always a Michigan fan. I just liked watching them play."
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NightmaresDad
Woody Rules!
"I was always a Michigan fan. I just liked watching them play."
Hopefully, the operative word in that sentence is "was".
maybe this year's game will be the clincher/tip the scales over to our side.
Hopefully, the operative word in that sentence is "was".
maybe this year's game will be the clincher/tip the scales over to our side.
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5/2
Buckeyes tail Mehock star
By Jon Spencer
News Journal
<!-- ARTICLE BODYTEXT --> <!--ARTICLE TEXT--> MANSFIELD -- It wasn't a case of temporary in-Saine-ity.
That's what made Brandon Saine's extraordinary performance at the 74th Mehock Relays last month so remarkable. To those who have witnessed his entire body of work, it almost seemed rather run of the mill.
It never occurred to Piqua High School coach Ron Pearson that his junior sensation made history by sweeping the three dashes in one of the Midwest's oldest and largest interscholastic track meets.
"It was a typical Brandon day," Pearson said."I didn't know it was a big deal," Saine said.
It was.
Saine became only the second athlete in the Mehock's storied history to achieve that track trifecta. The other was Pittsburgh phenom Clinton Davis nearly a quarter century ago.
Olympic legend Jesse Owens ran here and never did it. World-class sprinter Chris Nelloms ran here and never did it. Running backs Robert Smith and Tyrone Wheatley, both of whom had 1,000 yard seasons in the NFL, ran here and never did it.
When put in that context, it's easy to understand why 14 college football programs -- including Ohio State, Michigan and Notre Dame, his three favorites -- already have offered the strapping 6-foot-1, 215-pound tailback a scholarship with signing day still nine months away.
"It's going to boil down to who lets him run track," Pearson said. "He asked me once if anybody has ever won the Heisman Trophy and an Olympic gold medal."
Saine would be the first, but don't expect Pearson to discourage such a dream.
"I keep pinching myself," he said. "After 27 years of coaching, to get an athlete like this is pretty special.
"He's easy-going, but loves to compete. When you throw in his God-given speed and intelligence (3.5 GPA), all I have to do as a coach is make sure he's healthy."
In the Mehock, Saine exhibited the same burst that resulted in 1,900 all-purpose yards and 21 touchdowns on the gridiron last fall. He won the 100 in 10.5 seconds, the 200 in 21.76 and the 400 in 49.26. Even though the meet was blessed by brilliant sunshine, every other sprinter spent the day in his considerable shadow.
"He was tremendous," Mehock historian Bill Rogers said. "Even without looking at the different times over the years, he'd have to be considered one of the top three sprinters to run here. He did it in a quiet way. He won so easily, you didn't realize how fast he was going."
Saine raised eyebrows at last year's state meet, not so much for what he did but didn't do. He won the 100 and 400, but didn't compete in the 200. He was such a physical specimen, even as a sophomore, that his decision not to try and leg out a triple was hard to comprehend.
"I don't regret it; I didn't think I was ready (for all three dashes)," Saine said. "Last year there was a lot of pressure. I was a sophomore, not used to being in big meets, and I was nervous."
Pearson backed his workhorse's wishes.
"He won all three (races) at our conference meet, but he wasn't confident yet," he said. "I asked Brandon what he wanted to do in Columbus (at the state meet) and he said, 'Win two races.' In hindsight he could have won all three, but at the time he didn't know he could.
"You can do anything you think you can, but he didn't know if he could, so we didn't chance it. After (the Mehock), he said, 'I know I can do it.'"
If Saine duplicates his Mehock feat at state, he would author an encore to Nelloms, who won his state triple crown for Dunbar in 1988.
Interestingly, Nelloms never swept the three dashes in Mansfield. He shifted his focus away from the 100 to the hurdles, earning gold medals in the 110 highs as well as the 200, 400 and 4 x 400 relay at the 1989 Mehock.
Smith was an outstanding sprinter at Euclid before moving on to football fame with Ohio State and the Minnesota Vikings. Most years he might have had the strength and speed to pull off a Saine-like trifecta. But Smith's curse was competing during the Nelloms era.
Wheatley was phenomenal in his own right, winning the 110 highs and 100 dash back-to-back in 1991. He also won the 200 that year and finished second in the long jump. But that left no room for the 400.
Moreover, the Mehock schedule at that time practically discouraged a sprint sweep. There are no prelims in the 400, but there used to be two qualifying heats instead of one in the 100 and 200. That's six races, including finals, just in those two events -- all on the same day. Throw in the 400 finals and the workload became practically unbearable.
Could Saine have handled it? Probably.
"He wants to get better," Pearson said. "The week before Mehock he ran a 10.54 in the 100 at a national meet in Arcadia (Calif.) and was disappointed that he finished third. It was the first time he was beaten in a straight race (no curves) in two years."
Saine, who prepped for the Mehock by winning state and national indoor titles in the 60 meter dash, vows a return to Mansfield for the 75th Relays. His college fate will be known by then. Interestingly, the Internet is abuzz with talk of him favoring the school adorned in maize and blue
"I became a Michigan fan when I was a kid, but I wouldn't say I'm a diehard," he said. "I just like their uniforms."
5/2
Buckeyes tail Mehock star
By Jon Spencer
News Journal
<!-- ARTICLE BODYTEXT --> <!--ARTICLE TEXT--> MANSFIELD -- It wasn't a case of temporary in-Saine-ity.
That's what made Brandon Saine's extraordinary performance at the 74th Mehock Relays last month so remarkable. To those who have witnessed his entire body of work, it almost seemed rather run of the mill.
It never occurred to Piqua High School coach Ron Pearson that his junior sensation made history by sweeping the three dashes in one of the Midwest's oldest and largest interscholastic track meets.
"It was a typical Brandon day," Pearson said."I didn't know it was a big deal," Saine said.
It was.
Saine became only the second athlete in the Mehock's storied history to achieve that track trifecta. The other was Pittsburgh phenom Clinton Davis nearly a quarter century ago.
Olympic legend Jesse Owens ran here and never did it. World-class sprinter Chris Nelloms ran here and never did it. Running backs Robert Smith and Tyrone Wheatley, both of whom had 1,000 yard seasons in the NFL, ran here and never did it.
When put in that context, it's easy to understand why 14 college football programs -- including Ohio State, Michigan and Notre Dame, his three favorites -- already have offered the strapping 6-foot-1, 215-pound tailback a scholarship with signing day still nine months away.
"It's going to boil down to who lets him run track," Pearson said. "He asked me once if anybody has ever won the Heisman Trophy and an Olympic gold medal."
Saine would be the first, but don't expect Pearson to discourage such a dream.
"I keep pinching myself," he said. "After 27 years of coaching, to get an athlete like this is pretty special.
"He's easy-going, but loves to compete. When you throw in his God-given speed and intelligence (3.5 GPA), all I have to do as a coach is make sure he's healthy."
In the Mehock, Saine exhibited the same burst that resulted in 1,900 all-purpose yards and 21 touchdowns on the gridiron last fall. He won the 100 in 10.5 seconds, the 200 in 21.76 and the 400 in 49.26. Even though the meet was blessed by brilliant sunshine, every other sprinter spent the day in his considerable shadow.
"He was tremendous," Mehock historian Bill Rogers said. "Even without looking at the different times over the years, he'd have to be considered one of the top three sprinters to run here. He did it in a quiet way. He won so easily, you didn't realize how fast he was going."
Saine raised eyebrows at last year's state meet, not so much for what he did but didn't do. He won the 100 and 400, but didn't compete in the 200. He was such a physical specimen, even as a sophomore, that his decision not to try and leg out a triple was hard to comprehend.
"I don't regret it; I didn't think I was ready (for all three dashes)," Saine said. "Last year there was a lot of pressure. I was a sophomore, not used to being in big meets, and I was nervous."
Pearson backed his workhorse's wishes.
"He won all three (races) at our conference meet, but he wasn't confident yet," he said. "I asked Brandon what he wanted to do in Columbus (at the state meet) and he said, 'Win two races.' In hindsight he could have won all three, but at the time he didn't know he could.
"You can do anything you think you can, but he didn't know if he could, so we didn't chance it. After (the Mehock), he said, 'I know I can do it.'"
If Saine duplicates his Mehock feat at state, he would author an encore to Nelloms, who won his state triple crown for Dunbar in 1988.
Interestingly, Nelloms never swept the three dashes in Mansfield. He shifted his focus away from the 100 to the hurdles, earning gold medals in the 110 highs as well as the 200, 400 and 4 x 400 relay at the 1989 Mehock.
Smith was an outstanding sprinter at Euclid before moving on to football fame with Ohio State and the Minnesota Vikings. Most years he might have had the strength and speed to pull off a Saine-like trifecta. But Smith's curse was competing during the Nelloms era.
Wheatley was phenomenal in his own right, winning the 110 highs and 100 dash back-to-back in 1991. He also won the 200 that year and finished second in the long jump. But that left no room for the 400.
Moreover, the Mehock schedule at that time practically discouraged a sprint sweep. There are no prelims in the 400, but there used to be two qualifying heats instead of one in the 100 and 200. That's six races, including finals, just in those two events -- all on the same day. Throw in the 400 finals and the workload became practically unbearable.
Could Saine have handled it? Probably.
"He wants to get better," Pearson said. "The week before Mehock he ran a 10.54 in the 100 at a national meet in Arcadia (Calif.) and was disappointed that he finished third. It was the first time he was beaten in a straight race (no curves) in two years."
Saine, who prepped for the Mehock by winning state and national indoor titles in the 60 meter dash, vows a return to Mansfield for the 75th Relays. His college fate will be known by then. Interestingly, the Internet is abuzz with talk of him favoring the school adorned in maize and blue
"I became a Michigan fan when I was a kid, but I wouldn't say I'm a diehard," he said. "I just like their uniforms."
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OSUBuckeye4Life
"THE" Ohio State Buckeyes
Yeah [even though I know it was sarcasm], I think their womens team won the Indoor Track and Field.....not sure though.
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Having an Olympic Gold Medal winner and world-record holder sprinter on our S&C staff has to help...
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