Watch: Seahawks WR DK Metcalf runs 100M at USATF Golden Games

DK Metcalf may not be heading to the Olympics, but the Seahawks wide receiver showed Sunday he can hang with the best in the world in the 100 meters.

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Less than a week after Metcalf announced in a social media post that he would compete in the USA Track & Field Golden Games at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif., he finished ninth in his heat with a time of 10.36 seconds on Sunday.

Though Metcalf didn’t win, he still had an eye-popping time for somebody with limited track training ahead of the event and who also carries a much larger frame – 6 foot 4, 229 pounds – than your typical sprinter.

Overall, Metcalf’s time was 15th out of 17 runners in the event, and the real highlight is that his time was better than the 10.5 seconds many people predicted he would run.

Watch Metcalf’s run in the video below – and while I will tell you he’s in lane 2, I trust you would be able to figure it out pretty quickly on your own because only one of the sprinters looks like DK Metcalf.

Great start for @Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf.

He ended up finishing his 100m heat in 9th with a time of 10.36.@usatf // #JourneyToGold pic.twitter.com/OSPrrMZFVe

— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) May 9, 2021

So what’s next for Metcalf? While he clearly had a good time seeing how he would fare against world-class sprinters, his mind is back on the 2021 season with the Seahawks, saying in a post-race interview that he has minicamp to go to.

"To test my speed up against world class athletes like this… Like I said, just having the opportunity to run against these guys was just a blessing."@Seahawks wide receiver @dkm14 on the opportunity to race against elite track & field athletes.@usatf // #JourneyToGold pic.twitter.com/Ob1Zr8g34s

— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) May 9, 2021

Even if that was Metcalf’s last race of this sort, it was something to see how the speed that allowed him to chase down and stop Arizona safety Budda Baker from finishing off a pick-six last season translates on the track.

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