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I guess it's possible that southern schools are track powers and recruit from all over the country, but I highly doubt it
[/ QUOTE ]How is this not possible if they are the established track powers?
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Here's the geographical breakdown of the top 8 100 meter sprinters from 2006.
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Name School Home state
1. Xavier Carter LSU Florida
2. Walter Dix Florida St. Florida
3. Demi Omole Wisconsin Wisconsin/born in Nigeria
4. Travis Padgett Clemson North Carolina
5. Jamaal Charles Texas Texas
6. Churandy Martina UTEP Netherlands Antilles
7. Tyrone Edgar Texas A&M England
8. Leroy Dixon South Carolina Indiana
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4 kids from the South, 2 from outside the US, 1 from the North, and 1 who immigrated from Africa to the North. Is it a perfect scientific study, of course not, but the evidence is pretty compelling that world class speed originates primarily from the South.