Dennis Mitchell

Times and all that is one thing, but, you know, getting the win is the most important thing.

Was it when-- in one of the mixed zone interviews that you talked a little bit about just sort of-- 'cause I-- you know, no one exactly knows exactly how Coach Dennis Mitchell structures the practice of who's working out next to who, but I think I did see somewhere that it's like you did credit having to work alongside Christian Coleman in helping you get your start, you know, even better.

'Cause I mean, the-- to work next to the guy who's the sixty meter world record holder, I mean, I'm sure that you picked up on a lot from that.

that.Yeah, for sure.

It's definitely fun to be able to travel across the world.

And, you know, like I said, Nairobi is one of those places that, you know, you got to see and it's an amazing place.

So now my final question for you, Kenny, is I guess, like, have you already done the debrief with Coach Dennis Mitchell on 2026? Does that happen first? And then when does the when do you allow yourself to start goal setting and stuff for 2027?

No, that hasn't happened yet.

You're talking about, yeah.

Dennis Mitchell's group.

Yeah.

That's what they're saying.

Ben Johnson, the disgraced Canadian sprinter, [chuckles] as the years and decades went on, an athlete in every single lane, all eight lanes of the Olympic 100-meter final in 1988, over time, every single athlete that he destroyed with his beautiful world record performance was implicated in some sort of doping controversy, including the golden boy of America, Carl Lewis, at the time.

[crowd cheering] And, uh, flying at the moment is Dennis Mitchell.

Also coming through is Leroy Burrell, and it's gonna be very close.

Burrell wins it.

Four hundred and ninety-six of the top five hundred times in the hundred meters at one time are from Africans of West African ancestry.

So, um, an amusing side note, and hopefully not offensive to any listeners, watchers, but he's the fastest white man of all time, and he ran a nine eighty-nine, which is a fantastic improvement from 10.06.

But he also graduated college and got an opportunity to move down to Florida and train with perhaps arguably the most elite sprinting group in the world, coached by Dennis Mitchell.

Uh, so his teammates are guys that have numerous Olympic and world medals, and in a very short time he's been able to make that breakthrough.

In Silesia, Jefferson-Wooden r- won 10.78 to 10.83.

In Zurich four days later, Julian Alfred flipped it and ran 10.70, but both of them ran 10.70. Um, I think the biggest thing you've gotta remember is that, you know, Dennis Mitchell and Melissa are just so good at peaking that they won Worlds last year in 10.61, and that was, you know, well clear of both Tina Clayton and Julian Alfred.

So I could see something similar where it's sort of like they were saving the best for this meet And so that's why I'm more inclined to pick-

Yeah