New Track Record
On a hot and muggy afternoon in the field house many people would have thought the runners would be sluggish, tired or as they say "heavy". It was the Men who were to perform first as the Women were to have the stage to themself the following day. The organizers of the event knew that many meet records would be in jeopardy of falling as this field was very strong as the talent spoke for itself. Quincy Smith, a sophmore from a local University defied all odds and broke one of the longest standing track records in Glacier Fieldhouse history. Sam Wilcox record of 6.70 set nearly 15 years ago was smashed as Quincy Jones powererd through an amazing 6.68. Quincy Jones continues to establish himself as a force to reckon with and has his eyes "set on bigger things". After running his race, he saluted the crowd and dissapeared into the warmup area to cool-down before heading for the showers. Quincy plans to work on his explosiveness over the next couple weeks after being asked to join HSI- one of the most dominant track clubs in North America, if not the world. He believes he has much to learn from such stars as Ato Boldon and Maurice Greene. "After talking to Mo, I feel as though there is a lot I can and will learn from him, my main concern has been my poor starts". QS commented shortly after his cool down. Quincy says that he has had ongoing confidence problems and tight hamstrings. His immediate plans are to race in 2 weeks at a low key meet in southern California where he wishes to lower his personal best of 6.67 once again. His longterm goals are simple "to run fast" he has no set times, or any set expectations. He just wants to run fast. Although the ideas of cracking a new 100m personal best always loom in his head.