.@HoustonTexans@Chiefs@JalenPitre1 i don't need any stats or analytics to know who the BEST "D" in the NFL is after 14 weeks. The Texans prove it every week by how they play the game. It's a "Hittin' Parteee" #BaldysBreakdowns
✍️ BREAKING NEWS: Cooper Lutkenhaus, the 16-year-old high school star who shattered his own U.S. 800m high school record and broke the 800m U18 world record with a 1:42.27 runner-up finish at last month’s U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships, has opted to forego all of his remaining high school and collegiate eligibility to turn professional and sign a contract with Nike.
The decision comes before he is set to race the 800m at the World Championships in Tokyo next month and makes history as the youngest American ever to represent the U.S. at a World Championship.
🗣️ “I’m just super excited and blessed for the opportunity,” Lutkenhaus tells CITIUS MAG. “To be able to run professionally at such a young age is not very common, so to be represented by the best brand is very exciting.”
Lutkenhaus will remain enrolled at Northwest High School in Texas, where he’s beginning his junior year. He is represented by Ray Flynn and Flynn Sports, who have also represented top high school stars over the past 30 years, including Alan Webb and Drew Hunter. He will continue to be coached by Northwest HS head cross country and track coach Chris Capeau. Classes started on Aug. 13th.
⏱️ Lutkenhaus is the fourth-fastest American in U.S. history at 800m (behind American record holder Bryce Hoppel, 2019 World champion, and 2025 U.S. champion Donavan Brazier and 2025 World Indoor champion Josh Hoey) and No. 18 on the World all-time list. He is the sixth-fastest man in the world in 2025.
📰 Read our full Q&A with Cooper on the decision to turn pro and how he's visualizing competing at the World Championships in Tokyo here: https://t.co/N1K5jP18NA
@TexasTrackDad I agree with you. I had a rule that my daughter after her freshman year of high school had to be in a open event. Her senior year once she signed then she could run all 3 relays or whatever she wanted to do.
‼️9.75‼️
Kishane Thompson (@KishaneThompson) BLASTS a World Lead and #6 All-Time 9.75 (+0.8) 100m in the Final at the 2025 Jamaican National Championships.
Oblique Seville finished second in 9.83, followed by Ackeem Blake in third (9.88).
Thompson ran 9.80 (+0.4) earlier in the Semi-Finals.
His new PB trails only Usain Bolt (9.58), Tyson Gay (9.69), Yohan Blake (9.69), Asafa Powell (9.72), and Justin Gatlin (9.74) on the All-Time Men’s 100m list.
📸 Pedro Pardo
Usain went from 10.03 to 9.6 in 1 Szn
Shelly Ann went from 11.3 to 10.7 in 1 Szn
Kishane went from 10.2 to 9.8 in 1 Szn
Elaine went from 11.1 to 10.8 in 1 Szn
Yohan went from 10.1 to 9.8 in 1 Szn
Yohan went from 20.6 to 19.7 in 1 Szn
Shelly Went from 22.5 to 21.7 in 1 Szn
Nesta Carter went from 9.98 to 9.7 in 1 Szn
Steve Mullings went from 10.0 to 9.80 in 1 Szn
Oblique went from 10.0 to 9.8 in 1 Szn
Merlene went from 11.0 to 10.7 in 2 szns
Ackeem went from 10.3 to 9.9 in 1 Szn
Asafa went from 10.5 to 9.8 in 3 Szns
I was born at night, but not last night!