Especially in the Minnesota MIAC, where track and field is certainly not the most popular sport. Cress simply thinks Minnesotans don't realize the world popularity in track and field. People don't strive for perfection. They don't understand the sport. What they don't understand, according to Cress, is that sprinting is not just about running really fast.
Sprinters have to be fast, obviously, but they have to do it smartly.
It's about being able to shift gears in succession in order to maximize speed. Roman understands this and has a great sense of 'feel' about his sprinting. Although Cress understands what it physically takes to generate speed at an already fast level, he admits sprinting is an extremely challenging mental sport. Lately, Cress is concentrating on shifting gears to increase his speed for world competition. He has been running about 6.77 seconds in the 60-meter race.