Back in April, Tate Taylor ran 20.05 seconds at the Tom Jones meet, breaking Noah Lyles’ previous U.S. high school record of 20.09. Lyles, who was also at the meet, asked the teenager, “Why don’t you just turn pro?” Taylor, however, stayed committed to his college plans. Four months later, the similarities between the two sprinters grew even stronger when Taylor became the first American man since Lyles in 2016 to win the World U20 100m title. W…
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