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WR/RB Lamaar "Flash" Thomas (transfer to New Mexico)

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I like the way he returns kicks. He looks nervous catching the ball but once he gets it, he runs hard and with a purpose. He will get one soon and it will be a beauty. He doesn't get many chances back there because our defense is so good.:biggrin:
 
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Men's Track: Footballers Chekwa, Thomas propel relay team to victory
Everdeen Mason
Issue date: 5/4/09

The Ohio State men's track team pulled out all the stops at the Jesse Owens Track Classic this weekend. Football players and Olympic trail competitors were unleashed on the competition.

The men's 4x100-meter relay finally reached the regional qualifying marks, winning with a time of 40.51 seconds.

The 4x100 was a "better race for me. I had everyone on the team counting on me," junior Stephen Robinson said.

The men received two additional runners in football players Chimdi Chekwa and Lamaar Thomas.

"They've only had five days to work with the team," coach Robert Gary said. "We didn't even know the line-up until yesterday."

The new team ran the second fastest time in the Big Ten.
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Men's Track: Footballers Chekwa, Thomas propel relay team to victory - Sports
 
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Football players get up to speed
Chekwa, Thomas help 4x100 relay improve its times
Friday, May 15, 2009
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Jonathan Quilter | Dispatch
Ohio State football players Lamaar Thomas, left, and Chimdi Chekwa helped the 4x100 relay set an NCAA regional qualifying time of 40.51 seconds two weeks ago.

Ohio State assistant track coach Ed Bethea could claim to be a genius for the way the 4x100 relay team suddenly picked up steam. But he said it's really because of the addition of football players Chimdi Chekwa and Lamaar Thomas.

With the Buckeyes playing host to the Big Ten championships this weekend in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, Chekwa and Thomas have made OSU a strong contender in the relay. If it meant replacing two other runners, Bethea said blame the stopwatch -- an NCAA regional qualifying time of 40.51 seconds two weeks ago with Chekwa and Thomas in the mix -- not the coach.

"You want your best guys, you want your fastest guys out there," Bethea said. "At this level, that's what you have to do.

"There are going to be guys who have been out here since September that are going to be, 'Hey, what about me?' But speed is the name of the game and everyone understands what our goal is: We want our fastest relay on the track. And if that's going to include football guys, so be it."

Relay teams are often in flux, but there was a click a couple of weeks ago for the Buckeyes in the 4x100 when James Manley handed off to Stephen Robinson, who handed off to Thomas, who handed off to Chekwa, the anchor.
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But Thomas had an itch to scratch. He set the Maryland 3A high school indoor record in the 55-meter dash at 6.41 seconds as a junior in 2007, and also won a state title in the outdoor 100.

"It was track season and I just felt like I should be out here," Thomas said. "In track, you are always trying to get points for your team, but once you're out there running a race, it's just you, and you're focusing down the track."

In other words, if you lose, you can't turn and say the right guard missed his block.

Except on a relay team -- a dropped baton can ruin a race for four men. Which is where Bethea's coaching comes in. His primary demand is flawlessness on the baton exchanges and for aggression, which is where the football mentality pays off.

"You want those first three guys to really attack the exchanging zone so the baton doesn't slow down within the zone," Bethea said. "And you want those four guys to have some type of expectation for that relay. You want four guys who want to do well and are willing to work hard to accomplish the goal. That's when you have a chance to be really competitive."

It's the main reason Chekwa and Thomas showed up, and Chekwa thinks the performance two weeks ago was just the beginning.
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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Football players get up to speed

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fftXT4ETm08]YouTube - Lamaar Thomas looks ahead to Big Ten track and field meet[/ame]
 
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OSU got another boost Saturday when the men kicked off the day with a first-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay, despite a troublesome first hand off. Anchor and football player Chimdi Chekwa edged out Illinois, crossing the line with a time of 40.63.

"We came out expecting to win," Chekwa said.

Junior football player Lamaar Thomas also had complete confidence.

"I just felt like if I can give it to Chimdi and make a move … I just had a feeling [he'd win]," he said.
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In the final competition of the 100-meter, Chekwa stopped running midway with a strained quad. His hip flexor "popped twice," he said. Chekwa said the strain would not interfere with his football season, though.

Thomas, however, came in fourth with a time of 10.65, scoring in his first Big Ten meet.
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Men's Track: Men take second place overall, produce three Big Ten Champs - Sports
 
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Official.site

Home For The Summer - Lamaar Thomas


Lamaar Thomas is from Fort Washington, Md., a suburb between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md.

Q. How many people?
A. It?s big ? really a part of Washington, D.C.
Q. How long has your family lived there?
A. 12 years
Q. Any historic event that happened there?
A. A fort is there from the War of 1812
Q. What visitors need to see/do:
A. Eat some crabcakes!
Q. Most prominent industry/line of work?
A. The government
Q. What you miss most about your hometown?
A. My family
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martinss01;1498884; said:
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really? was he being interviewed by a 3yr old?
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Could have been this little guy..

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ_jKsh7l9k]YouTube - Miami Heat's Mario Chalmers, Michael Beasley, & Chris Quinn are Interviewed by Damon Weaver[/ame]

*Not intended to de-rail thread, just answering the question.
 
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if u guys haven't noticed, they've asked those exact same questions to every player they've interviewed that've been home...so its not like they singled that questiion out just for the guy who's in the capital of the united states...
 
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Magua;1499463; said:
if u guys haven't noticed, they've asked those exact same questions to every player they've interviewed that've been home...so its not like they singled that questiion out just for the guy who's in the capital of the united states...
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I don't know I'm gonna have to google that...
 
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Is this kid going to break out soon, besides kick returning? I keep having this thought of him like a Percy Harvin type of impact player for us. I think we could line him up all over and create major mismatches with his abilities. I hope we see him tomorrow involved in the offense.

For the record he will break a long one for a touchdown on a kickoff.




HB
 
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Holy Buckeye!;1549779; said:
Is this kid going to break out soon, besides kick returning? I keep having this thought of him like a Percy Harvin type of impact player for us. I think we could line him up all over and create major mismatches with his abilities. I hope we see him tomorrow involved in the offense.

For the record he will break a long one for a touchdown on a kickoff.




HB
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Man I agree with u 100%! I thought ths kid would be our version of Percy Harvin and we could put him everywhere on the field too! I hope the rumors that Ive seen about him thinking about transferring aren't true, say it ain't so Flash! We need to find a way to get this kid on the field
 
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Dang! He's only a sophmore.
He's only been playing receiver for a little over a year.

Small will be gone after this year, and I would look for Flash to be a solid contributor next year.
Flash needs one more season (this one) to learn the position and be able to play faster because of it.
 
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He may only be a sophomore, but there's already a freshman above him on the depth chart. That means that he already knows he's likely a number two receiver at best in his career. It would suck to know that in your second year in the program.
 
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