Three Mark Big 60 Yard Dash Improvement at Adrian College
Photo Credit: AdrianBulldogs.com
On Sunday, May 3 the Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout tour rolled through Southeastern Michigan with a stop at Adrian College. Nicolay Field, home of the Adrian Bulldogs, was dedicated in 2008 and boasts a ProGrass surface along with lights, locker rooms, a training room and a heated press box.
Top performers by measurable category appear below:
60 Yard Dash
| sec | 60 Yard Dash Leaders |
| 6.81 | Jeffrey Sands (2016 – OF – Dakota HS – Macomb, MI) |
| 6.85 | Hilton Yopp (2018 – SS – Southfield-Lathrup HS – Detroit, MI) |
| 6.97 | Evan Sexsmith (2016 – RHP – Northern HS – Portage, MI) |
| 7.07 | Aiden Pleterski (2017 – C/RHP – Henry Street HS – Whitby, Ontario, Canada) |
| 7.13 | Cameron Koch (2016 – OF/RHP – Landmark Academy – Port Huron, MI) |
| 7.18 | Bowen Armstrong (2016 – 1B/OF – Lincoln HS – Ypsilanti, MI) |
We saw Evan Sexsmith, Cameron Koch and Bowen Armstrong — all seventh graders at the time — at the August 2011 Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout & Interactive Video Program in Adrian, MI. At that event, Cameron Koch ran 7.89 in the 60 yard dash, Evan Sexsmith ran 8.19, and Bowen Armstrong ran 8.75.
Even Sexsmith
Over the course of three events after August 2011, Evan Sexsmith steadily lowered his 60 yard dash. In December 2011 at the Baseball Factory Christmas Camp & Tournament at Vero Beach, he ran 7.90, and by the January 2013 Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout & Premium Video Program in Grand Rapids he was down to 7.50. His move down to 6.97 in May 2015 marked an improvement of 1.2 seconds in a little less than four years.
Cameron Koch also attended the Baseball Factory Christmas Camp & Tournament at Vero Beach in December 2011, where he actually ran a little worse than he did a few months earlier. We wouldn’t see him again until May 2015, at which time his 7.13 represented an improvement of over seven-tenths of a second.
Bowen Armstrong
The biggest improvement came from Bowen Armstrong, who pushed his 60 yard dash down from 8.75 to 7.20 between August 2011 and the September 2014 Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout in Troy, MI.
At the same time, Armstrong’s raw velocity was going up. He posted 61 mph in August 2011, and marked a jump of over ten mph when he posted 72 mph raw velocity in September 2014. In May 2015, he recorded 76 mph raw velocity and 7.18 in the 60 yard dash — marking improvements of 15 mph raw velocity, and 1.57 seconds in the 60 yard dash.
Fastball Velocity
| mph | Fastball Velocity Leaders |
| 78 | Jacob King (2016 – RHP – Bethany Christian HS – Sterling Heights, MI) |
Catcher Release Time
| sec | Pop Time Leaders |
| 2.02 | Scott Lobbestael (2016 – C – Onsted HS – Manitou Beach, MI) |
Raw Velocity
| mph | Raw Velocity Leaders |
| 82 | Scott Lobbestael (2016 – C – Onsted HS – Manitou Beach, MI) |
Bat Exit Velocity
| mph | Bat Exit Velocity Leaders |
| 90 | Christian Dudek (2015 – 1B/RHP – Riverview Community HS – Southgate, MI) |
| 84 | Phillip Griffor (2017 – SS/RHP – Marysville HS – Marysville, MI) |
| 83 | Bowen Armstrong (2016 – 1B/OF – Lincoln HS – Ypsilanti, MI) |
The Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout Tour is rolling through all 50 states. Tryouts are held for players ages 12-14 and 14-18. Don’t miss your opportunity to Be Discovered.
Find an Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout near you and register online or call (800) 641-4487.
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