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“X-Man” Xavier Carter Gets First Pro Win

Posted July 7th, 2006 at 4:20 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Xavier Carter first pro win2_edited-1.jpg Xavier Carter, nicknamed the “X-Man”, thought it couldn’t get any better after his impressive and historic performance at the 2006 NCAA Championships.

However, it looks like it will only get better from here as X-Man notched his first ever professional win at the 20th EAA Spitzenleichtathletik meeting in Luzern.

Carter won the 100m in just 10.11, two hundredths of a second off his season best set which he set at the NCAA’s last month.

Carter was the first to achieve four NCAA victories since Owens won both short sprints, the 220-yard low hurdles and long jump for Ohio State in 1935 and ‘36.

Reflecting upon his first win, Carter was quoted as saying:

I felt good. I have no regret for my decision to focus on sprint rather than American Football. This year I want to get the best of my capabilities. I will now run the 200 metres in Lausanne and the 400 metres in Rome.

It’s safe to say that Xavier Carter is on his way to greatness and has already begun to define his legacy as one of the world’s greatest sprinters.

For more information on Carter’s historic performance at the NCAA Championships, check out “X-Man Headlines NCAA T&F Championships as FSU Men, Auburn Women Win Team Titles”

Source: [IAAF]