In an Olympic year, it’s common for unknowns to emerge from the woodwork. But M50 sprint phenoms? That’s apparently the case with Everad Samuels, who appears in mastersrankings.com with a 22.66 in the 200-meter dash. Whoa there! That beats the listed M50 American record of 22.79 by Bill Collins in April 2002! But it’s true, according to results at this Icahn Stadium open meet May 10 in New York City. Everad ran into a headwind of 0.9 mps, in fact. (And also clocked a 11.61 100 into a 2.0 mps wind.) Who is Everad?

In March, he won the M45 national indoor title at Boston by more than a second:

Event 524 M45 200 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 561 Samuels, Everad M49 Unattached,Boston, 23.15
2 633 Sullivan, Michael M47 Unattached,Gilbert, 24.37
3 216 Frey, Randy M49 Nike Central,Lehigh 24.47
4 477 Neumann, David M48 Mass Velocit,East G 25.07
5 167 Disalvo, Tony M48 Unattached,Williams 25.28
6 671 Waller, Michael M49 Unattached,Federal 26.27

In fact, he probably works at the meet site, since a Roxbury Community College catalog in 2004 listed an Everad Samuel as coordinator of operations at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center — site of umpteen masters national indoor championships.
Here are results from the May 10 meet at Icahn Stadium:

Men 200 Meter Dash
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Name Year School Seed Prelims Wind H#
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Preliminaries
1 Agyapong, Ashhad Shore AC 20.68 20.58q 1.2 4
2 Prowell, Lee the executives t 20.80 20.98q 1.2 6
3 Siddeeq, Amaan Cortland St. 21.04 21.19q 1.8 7
4 Bowen, Kevin Essex CC 21.09 21.24q 1.2 6
5 Gibson, Byron U.S. Elite 20.90 21.27q 1.6 9
6 Seely, Eric Unattached 20.97 21.48q 1.6 9
7 Greigre, Hafiz GBTC 21.40 21.49q -0.9 1
8 John, Reyon Fairleigh Dickin 21.53 21.63q 1.0 8
9 Krupka, Zachary Monmouth 22.80 21.73q -0.9 1
10 Johnson, Danny Unattached 21.60 21.83q 1.6 9
11 Pinnock, Andre Coppin State 21.23 21.87q 1.8 7
12 Bascom, Jeremy Unattached 21.94q 1.2 4
13 Manenkoff, Jason Unattached 21.76 21.98q 1.2 6
14 Crichlow, Adrian Nike Central Par 20.75 22.02q 1.0 5
15 Wetmore, Jeff Ithaca 21.88 22.18q 1.0 2
16 Egbe, Amechi Cts Performance 21.86 22.28q 0.8 3
17 Grossman, Adam U.S. Elite 21.40 22.30 1.0 2
18 Bell, Jason Elite 400 22.00 22.36 1.0 2
19 DeLisle, Rawle Nike Central Par 21.42 22.44 -0.9 1
20 Brown, Michael Zenith Velocity 22.49 -0.9 1
21 Oyelaja, Seun Kean 22.44 22.49 1.8 7
22 Rendina, Matthew Seton Hall 21.40 22.57 0.8 3
23 Dixon, Kenroy Emerging Elite G 21.72 22.63 1.8 7
24 Lin, Jon Ithaca 22.98 22.64 1.2 6
25 Samuels, Everad Unattached 22.80 22.66 -0.9 1
26 Phillip, Renaldo Globe Institute 22.90 22.70 1.2 4
27 Perlaza, Johnny Unattached 22.30 22.70 1.2 6
28 Mohammed, Naveed Farmingdale St. 22.08 22.77 1.0 5
29 Alleyne, Andre Unattached 21.58 22.82 1.6 9
30 twillie, marcus Unattached 21.00 22.88 1.0 8
31 Mc niel, Earl Zenith Velocity 22.88 22.96 1.0 2
32 Harvey, Garry Emerging Elite G 22.75 22.99 0.8 3
33 Casanova, Danny Zenith Velocity 22.66 23.11 1.2 4
34 Taiwo, Chris Monmouth 21.34 23.14 1.2 4
35 Covino, Chris Ithaca 22.65 23.14 1.8 7
36 Hoyte, Hadley Elite 400 22.90 23.15 0.8 3
37 Evelyn, Terrance Globe Institute 22.60 23.21 1.6 9
38 McKoy, Ryan Bronx Tigers 22.50 23.22 1.0 8
39 Walters, Lyndon Mercy 22.94 23.22 1.0 5
40 Hoard, Sharell Nike Central Par 22.00 23.61 -0.9 1
41 Caster, Richard Unattached 23.74 23.82 1.2 4
42 Herring, Maurice Ithaca 22.69 23.88 1.0 5
43 MacAlpine, Doug Plattsburgh St. 22.80 24.10 1.2 4
44 Peters, Kwesi Adelphi 22.79 24.11 1.0 2
45 Casimir, Kervin Unattached 23.61 24.40 1.8 7
46 Beltrez, John C.T.S. Track Clu 23.50 24.89 1.0 8
47 Benvin, John Mercy 26.74 26.69 0.8 3
48 davy, ronald Unattached 24.00 31.15 1.0 5

Now one mark beckons for Everad: the M50 world age-group record of 22.58 by Dr. Stephen Peters of Britain at Puerto Rico worlds in 2003.