18-year-old Trayvon Bromell is currently the world’s fastest man over 100-meters in 2014. The Baylor freshman is coming off a weekend in which he ran a World Junior Record of 10.01 at the Texas Relays as the next finisher was .36 seconds back. This weekend, he faces tougher competition at the 2014 Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla. 

Bromell told reporters afterwards that he believes he could go faster and dip under the 10-second mark. For starters, he stumbled out of the blocks. Past experience may also be handy as he accomplished the Sub-10 feat at the 2013 Great Southwest Classic with a wind-aided time of 9.99.

Another runner atop the World Junior record book is former Florida Gator and NFL running back Jeff Demps. Demps also ran 10.01 in June 2008. He has not broken 10-seconds for the 100-meter dash without a wind-aided time since running 9.96 in 2010. The new wave of sprinting talent may be surpassing Demps’ glory as he lost to Marvin Bracy in Halsteren, Netherlands.

Bracy will not be running this weekend as he may be recovering from an indoor season that brought home a silver medal at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland. There’s been Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird in basketball, Muhammed Ali vs. Joe Frazier in boxing, Jack Nicklaus vs. Arnold Palmer. Could Bracy vs. Bromell be U.S. track and field’s next big rivalry? Fans can only hope so. 

While we await the first match-up, other professionals and collegiate stars will step into the blocks looking to avoid loosing to a teenager. (See Cainsanity.)

Last year’s fastest time run at the Florida Relays was 10.15 by Aaron Brown and Darrell Wesh. Brown returns as a senior for USC and is coming off an indoor season in which he ran a personal best of 6.55 for the 60-meter dash. He finished fifth representing Canada in his section of the 100-meter dash semi-finals at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow. Running fast in April is nice, but last year Brown set himself up nicely to set a personal best of 10.05 at the NCAA Championship in June. 

Another collegiate looking for revenge against Bromell may be Clemson junior Reggie Lewis, who ran 10.15 at Texas Relays. He’s currently ranked fifth in the world. 

The Gators look to stop Bromell’s party on their home track as they send the following lineup of current stars and alums for the 100-meter dash:

Dedric Dukes and Antwan Wright were two of Florida’s legs on the 4x100-meter relay that ran 39.06 at the Texas Relays.

If you’re looking for an athlete to root for during outdoor season, Eddie Lovett may be the one. Bringing a journalism background to Flotrack and being a big fan of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, “The Program: Carrying the Torch” episode may be one of the best pieces of content ever put out by Flotrack and on Grantland/ESPN level. Lovett may be a hurdler, but watching him strive to better himself and be the best will be fun in this 100-meter dash. 

At last year’s Florida Relays, Tony McQuay sparked the crowd with dominating performances in the 4x400-meter relay and the...100-meter dash. McQuay entered with a seed-time of 10.35 and crushed a 10.22 for the fifth fastest time of the meet. It was just the fire needed to fuel McQuay to a silver medal in Moscow.  

Look Who’s Back
While Bromell may be stealing headlines with his 10.01, Charles Silmon’s 10.03 (4.4 wind) at TCU on March 21 went unnoticed. Although, the wind reading was to his advantage, Silmon has stunned before. The highlight of his 2013 campaign was at the U.S. Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, where he ran 9.98 and solidified his spot on his first national team. Silmon went into Monaco slightly banged up and ran 10.34 in the heats.

The Foreigners
Making the trip from across the pond, James Ellington of Great Britain will open his season after finishing fourth in his section of the 200-meter semi-finals in Moscow. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey has also made the voyage to the United States as the two will most likely run a similar schedule as 2013 with Florida Relays and Penn Relays in April.

We will be on hand bringing you all the live action on Flotrack Pro. The men’s 100-meter dash is slated for 2:40 p.m. ET on Friday afternoon. 

Chris Chavez is a staff writer for Flotrack. He once beat Joey Fatone of NSYNC in a half-marathon. Feel free to to reach him with any questions, comments, or feedback on Twitter or by email.