Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill enters 60-meter dash at today’s USA Track and Field event
Miami Dolphins speedster Tyreek Hill is entered to race the 60-meter dash at the USA Track and Field Masters Indoor Championships today in Louisville, Kentucky.
USA Track and Field confirmed that the Dolphins star wide receiver will compete in today’s event and is set to race in the 25-29 age division at 1:12 p.m. ET.
Earlier this week, Hill posted a video on social media of him practicing a block start on a track at the University of Miami, with the caption, “Felt good to put the spikes back on !!!.”
Hill, 29, a world-class sprinter in high school, will participate in his first track meet since 2014. Hill, nicknamed “Cheetah” for being regarded as the fastest player in the NFL, qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials.
He and teammate Jaylen Waddle have formed one of the fastest receiver tandems in the NFL.
“To have two guys like that, with that kind of talent and that kind of speed, just puts so much stress on a defense,” said Dolphins wide receivers coach Wes Welker earlier this season. “Their speed, it’s really changed my perspective on the receiver position. … Not only do they have the speed, they’re dogs. They’re tough. It’s very rare to find guys that are that fast, that explosive but aren’t track guys.”
Hill may be a track guy after all.
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