BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- One of the nation's top collegiate sprinters attends college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. That's not unusual when you consider the sustained excellence of the LSU Tiger Track Team.
This time though, this "fast cat" is a Jaguar, not a Tiger.
Southern University sophomore sprinter Devin Jenkins gave an indication that this could be a special year during the indoor season by breaking the SWAC 60 meter record. At the Texas Relays in Austin, he turned in a time of 10.19 seconds. Jenkins won the SWAC 100 meter title at Tad Gormley Stadium with a blistering wind-aided mark of 10.06.
In March, Southern sprinter Devin Jenkins posted the fastest 100 meter time in the NCAA, tied for the third fastest time run in 2014 internationally at the time.
Former Southern track star Brian Johnson, now coaching Jenkins, believes there's no doubt Jenkins is an unknown but ascending commodity.
"He doesn't get much publicity, which is fine with him because he's a very humble person," said Johnson. "He's a yes sir no sir type person."
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