[cksportsfan]

In Kentucky (and National Federation of High Schools), if a track, swimming or cross country event is done by wrist/stop watch, you must ADD .24 seconds and round (up or down) to the nearest tenth.

So unless someone has run a 4.12-4.20 on a stop/wrist watch, the 4.4 is NOT that common in Kentucky.

http://www.khsaa.org/track/2001/tr3ad201.htm
Tyson Gay, regarded to be the fastest American sprinter, ran a 10.54 in the 100 meters with a 2.1 (that means the wind was at his back and not his face) wind reading on UK's old track.

Class 3-A 100-Meter Dash State Championship Times
2010: Chisom Omenyinma, Male, 10.94
2009: Desmond Suter, Bryan Station, 10.81
2008: Justin Green, Male, 10.90
2007: Justin Green, Male, 11.02
2006: Steve Orndorff, Trinity, 11.22
2005: Alfonso Smith, Waggener, 10.71
2004: Joe Petty, J-Town, 11.13
2003: William Carter, Apollo, 10.84
2002: Todd Chisley, Scott County, 10.96
2001: Tyson Gay, Lafayette, 10.54
2000: Tyson Gay, Lafayette, 10.78
1999: Tyson Gay, Lafayette, 10.93 (in prelims, against a 1.2 wind)
1998: Tyson Gay, Lafayette, 11.03
1997: Casey Combest, Owensboro 10.75

As far as Skyles goes, FORTY-TWO (42) boys ran an 11.73 or faster in last year's state meet at UofL.