Senior sprinter Jeff Demps (Winter Garden, Fla.) claimed the men's 100 meters university crown at the 85th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on a breezy Saturday afternoon. The fourth and final day of competition at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas, Austin proved to be a windy one, with nearly every race marked as wind-aided. (via www.gatorzone.com)
Friday through Sunday, the Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships come to the University of Kentucky's Nutter Field House. (via www.kentucky.com)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Junior sprinter Jeff Demps (Winter Garden, Fla.) has been named the Southeastern Conference Men's Runner of the Week for his outstanding performance at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet this past weekend, the league offices in Birmingham, Ala. announced Tuesday. (via www.gatorzone.com)
You hear that? Of course you did. How could you have missed that deafening sigh of relief that rushed out of Gainesville, Fla., Tuesday after the news broke that speedy senior running back Jeff Demps decided to postpone his professional track career to play football this fall.
The fastest man in college sports will don his collegiate pads for one more season, providing a much-needed home-run threat for Florida's offense. (via ESPN.com)
Rumors are swirling among the blogosphere that Jeff Demps plans to forgo his senior season of elligibility to go pro in track. This of course has major implications for the championship hopes for both the University of Florida's football and track & field teams. Signs seem to indicate he is more likely than not going to opt to sign a pro track contract in hopes of making the Olympics next year.
Jeff Demps has carried the load as a collegiate standout in football and track. Does he want a professional football career, or will he pursue running track for a living? Neither is a sure thing, and Demps knows it. (via ESPN.com)
As 2008 disappears in the rear view mirror, we will be counting down what we felt were the 10 best performances of 2008. Today we revisit the moment voted as #4 by our staff and webmasters.
Jeff Demps, South Lake alum and high school national 100 meter record holder, is already getting settled in at the University of Florida. He is attending summer classes, taking some snaps, and getting to know his football teammates. Apparently, there was quite a bit of trash talking going on and hype about the Gators' new speed demon... "the fastest in the country" so they were saying.
Chris Rainey, a redshirt freshman tailback at UF and 2007 Lakeland High graduate, decided he'd put the rookie to the test and challenged him to a race behind a dorm building. They estimate the distance at around 40 yards. After multiple false starts (and probably a lot of laughs) it was Rainey just edging out Demps to victory. No word on the time, but I'm betting it wasn't FAT!
As a result, apprently it has been the talk of the Gators' lockerroom the past few days and I'm sure Jeff is taking a good bit of ribbing from his new teammates. Coach Urban Meyer, while not condoning unplanned time trials, was pleased at what that shows for the speed of his offense--which he is touting as the fastest in the country
Rainey was a pretty respectable runner himself in his track career at Lakeland. He had PRs of 10.61 for 100, 21.50 for 200, and a 23-9 long jump. Now perhaps if it was a full 100 yards, the result would have been different? You decide.
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It was a year that perhaps should have earned a U.S. #1 in the 100m dash and being labeled as the top sprinter at the high school level, but it turned out to be so much more. Florida's Jeff Demps (South Lake, FL) (pictured left by Victor Sailor of PhotoRun.net) started the season as a pre-season favorite to be the top 100m sprinter, but by the end he was running next to Tyson Gay in the Olympic Trials, tying a World Junior 100m dash record and quickly being labeled as a potential Team USA Olympic Team member.
