What is a fast time for a 75 Meter sprint? I have a player on my team that ran a 9.87 and he's in 8th grade?

Question

Is that a fast time or average?

Answer 1

Why 75 meters? . . . it multiplies out to a 13 second 100 meters which is ok but not great . . .

Answer 2

I'd say better than average although the top two or three percent of 8th graders in my experience can run it very close to nine seconds flat if the run is hand timed as opposed to electronically timed. The kid would have to be an absolute beast to run it below nine seconds. But make no mistake, 9.87 is fast. If I were a coach, I'd definitely want kids on my team with that kind of speed.