Virginia Tech WR Cole Beck, The Fastest White Guy Of All-Time, Gets Smoked In NCAA 100M Championship

Virginia Tech wide receiver Cole Beck is the fastest white guy in the history of white guys. He still got smoked in the national championship.

Beck, a redshirt senior, plays football and runs track. His collegiate career came to a close on Friday night after making history earlier in the season.

From Blacksburg, Beck chose to stay home and compete for the Hokies as a three-star running back in the Class of 2018. App State, Boston College, Louisville, North Carolina, Clemson, Mississippi State and West Virginia were among the others schools to offer the 6-foot-1, 195-pound speedster.

After two years as a two-sport athlete, Beck chose to step away from the gridiron in 2020. He quickly became Virginia Tech's best sprinter and won multiple ACC titles.

Two years later, Brent Pry was hired as the Hokies' football coach and asked the school's fastest runner to return. Beck agreed and returned eight kicks in 10 games last season.

Cole Beck made his mark on the track.

Although he played football, his success as a sprinter far exceeds his success as a return man.

Beck became the first person in Virginia Tech history to break the 10-second mark in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA East Preliminary meet last month. Not only did he snap the Hokies' mark, he also became the fastest white dude in history at 9.87 and immediately called out Tyreek Hill.

Beck ran a wind-aided 9.87 earlier this year. It was good for the fastest time by a Caucasian male, ever but was not wind legal.

Either way, it doesn't matter. He was wind legal at 9.97.

Beck is the fastest male of wholly European descent— wind-legal or not. Christophe Lemaitre of France ran a wind-legal 9.98 in 2010 after Marian Woronin hit (a barely wind-legal) 10-flat in 1984.

As a result of his record-breaking run, Beck advanced to the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track And Field Championships in Austin this weekend. He went 10.05 (official) in his Semi-final heat and advanced to Friday's Final.

Unfortunately, that is where the success came to a halt. Beck got smoked.

It was a hell of a run, but it wasn't enough. The fastest white guy of all-time simply could not keep up.