While I really liked Tratt, I think Boxall might hopefully play here again one day.
I should add that i was absolutely gobsmacked at the running speed of Boxall.
At 1.88 m height it ain't easy to run this fast, yet he is exceptional in that department, given that he is 28 now.
Actually, as someone who is 1.96 metres tall ("I ain't called Big Pete for nothing!") I know that being taller is a big help in running faster, as Usain Bolt at 6' 5" shows. I was always one of the fastest kids at school in running races.
Research backs this up:
https://www.livescience.com/7819-taller-athletes-f...
"World record sprinters have gained an average of 6.4 inches in height since 1900, while champion swimmers have shot up 4.5 inches, compared to the mere mortal average height gain of 1.9 inches."
“The trends revealed by our analysis suggest that speed records will continue to be dominated by heavier and taller athletes.”
As long as you're slender as well as tall and heavy, you have a better chance of running faster - biology and physics dictate this (longer legs give greater strength in overcoming gravity and air resistance plus it takes fewer strides to cover a distance).
"While most top runners need about 45 strides to cover 100 meters, Usain Bolt does it in about 40."
Carl Lewis (5 Olympic gold medals in 100m, 200m & 100m relay) was also 1.88 m like Boxall.
Boxall also has an excellent build for a sprinter and looks like somebody who keeps very fit and is careful about his diet.
Also a vegan like me, Carl Lewis credits his record World Championship haul for an athlete his age (30 in 1991) of gold in the 100m & 100m relay while setting a new 100m world record to his change to a vegan diet.
Lewis attained his personal bests in 100m sprint and 100m and 200m relay in the last years of his career in his 30's after becoming vegan.
Usain Bolt: Recently said he has cut down on meat consumption to prolong his career: "The older you get, the better you have to eat..
My coach wants me to eat a lot of vegetables, so I do eat more of that than anything else. I’ll eat broccoli, but I’m not a big fan.”
http://www.gq.com/story/the-real-life-diet-of-usai...
The veggies and grudging broccoli go with yams, meat, and Jamaican dumplings. When Bolt first started running, he was much less regimented. “In the past three years I’ve really focused on my diet. Initially I just had anything I feel like, but I’ve adjusted my diet to eat more vegetables and protein.”
Secret food edge in Bolt's diet = yams, a "superfood" (only 177 cals per cup) packs 34 percent of your daily vitamin C requirement (which fights post-workout muscle inflammation), 40 percent of vitamin B6 (a natural energy booster), and 26 percent of daily potassium requirements (a key electrolyte).
Carl Lewis also tested positive three times for banned stimulents at the 1988 Olympic trials, so maybe it wasn't just down to the broccoli.