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Look: Gatlin Bair, Idaho football and track prodigy, runs blistering 100-meter personal best

2024 receiver with recent Alabama offer is one of the nation's fastest high school sprinters

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

Gatlin Bair made a promise after a ripping off a blazing 10.15 in a 100-meter preliminary heat at an Idaho high school district meet.

"Coming back faster tomorrow!" the Burley (Idaho) 2024 four-star said after his personal best, which was filmed by his football teammate. 

The 6-foot-2, 180-pound blue chip receiver prospect ran a 10.31 the next day in the Idaho high school District IV track finals on Thursday, marking a new personal best for one of the nation's top two-sport prospects.

Bair, whose 200-meter time (20.47) is the second fastest high school marks nationally and 100 time is top-six, has been on a tear throughout his junior track season. 

>> Gatlin Bair hype intensifies as top Idaho 2024 football recruit's stock continues to rise nationally

He's a consensus four-star prospect who released the following top 5 on April 16 — Nebraska, Michigan, TCU, Boise State and Oregon — and fielded an offer from Nick Saban and Alabama on May 7.

The two-time first team all-state receiver helped Burley end a 13-year playoff football drought and the program's second winning season last fall.

Watch the video of Bair's personal record-setting win, as well as footage of his Burley football teammate, 2024 defensive end Korbin Story recording the finish with a laptop computer:

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports
ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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