Ajani Dwyer ran the fastest all-conditions 100-meter dash in the world this year at the Central Florida Knights Invitational in Orlando.
Dwyer, a Penn State sophomore from Washington Township, ran 9.96 but with a wind reading of 2.2 meters per second, just above the 2.0 limit for performances to be eligible for records and all-time lists.
According to the wind correction calculator, that equals a 10.10 with no wind or a 9.96 with the maximum allowable 2.0.
The fastest 100 in the world this year under any wind conditions is the 10.00 that Australian teenager Gout Gout ran at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Center in Nathan, Brisbane, on Feb. 21.
There were no semifinals, so Dwyer only had the one chance to race the 100 Saturday in Orlando. He didn’t run the 200.
Dwyer’s legal PR is a 10.16 with a 0.5 wind reading from last year’s Big Ten Championships in Eugene this past May. He’s run a legal 20.51 twice, one indoors and once with a 0.8.
The 9.96 is fastest by any New Jersey sprinter since eight-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis ran 9.86 at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo with a legal 1.2 wind.
Penn State’s school record is 10.15 by Ramapo transfer and Olympian Cheickna Traore at the NCAA first round qualifier in Lexington, Ky., in May 2024. Dwyer’s 9.96 is not eligible for school record purposes.
But the NCAA does not differentiate between wind-legal and wind-aided times, and Dwyer’s time obviously is fastest in college track this year.
Dwyer ran 10.32 at Washington Township, PR’ing at West Philly Nationals
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 