Score One For the (Relatively) Old Guys

By Spencer Hall
Urban Meyer has put on his P.T. Barnum hat at Florida: anyone currently enrolled at Florida who can run a competitive time in the 40-yard-dash at a spring practice will receive a t-shirt for the effort -- and possibly a scholarship, provided they beat the speed-happy trio of Deonte Thompson, Carl Moore, and Chris Rainey in a race at this year’s Orange and Blue game.
One of the best times turned in so far came not from some 19 year-old trackster fresh out of high school, but instead from a 37 year-old business major Gary Bryant. Bryant ran a 4.53, not in the 4.3 range of Rainey, but massively impressive for a guy at an age when most athletic people consider having two knees good fortune, much less being able to rip off a 4.53 time.
[quote="The Gainesville Sun"] Bryant said he was in the ROTC program at Eastside and never played any high school sports. He said he stays in shape now by playing intramural sports (he’s a wide receiver and cornerback in football) and working out.
“I just decided to go ahead and come out and try this,” Bryant said.[/quote]
Remember that 5.0 is way, way faster than you think: this isn’t some amateur pulling a respectable, “aw-shucks” time. This is faster than Vince Young. And it’s certainly faster than brave CBS Sportsline columnist Clay Travis, who clocked a whopping 6.16 on his forty time.
Florida’s full of impressive people, however. The leader thus far ran a 4.49 after “a night of partying.” ↵