Fred Kerley Leads U.S. Sweep in the 100 Meters at Worlds

(It was not immediately clear to anyone what Kerley had said the last time. After some detective work, the gumshoes from FloTrack determined that Kerley had said, “You’ll see.”)

Bracy-Williams said Kerley was more playful and talkative around friends and fellow athletes.

“Contrary to popular belief, he’s not as stone-faced as y’all would think,” Bracy-Williams said. “He’s a fun guy. But when he comes out here, he’s all business.”

Kerley’s competitive streak extends beyond the track. On Thursday, he played cornhole with Bracy-Williams and treated it like an Olympic final. Kerley will apparently compete at anything.

“Even if it’s drinking water,” Bracy-Williams said. “So you got to come with it.”

There is one topic that does seem to pique Kerley’s interest when it comes to speaking publicly, and that topic is a specific one — the people who doubted that he would be any good at the 100 meters. As for how many of those people actually exist, who can say? But Kerley has used them, real or imagined, to fuel him.

As for the future, Kerley said he would race in the 200 meters this week while making himself available for relay duty in both the 4×100-meter and the 4×400-meter races. (Stay tuned. Or, as he likes to say, “You’ll see.”)

But while he knows that being the world champion in the 100 meters will change his life — “The future is bright,” he said — he is not about to limit himself or bow to conventional wisdom.

“In a couple months,” he said, “I’ll probably do the 400 again.”

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/16/sports/fred-kerley-marvin-bracy-trayvon-bromell.html