2011 USA INDOOR NATIONALS

Hey everyone,
Well the indoor season is OFFICIALLY over and it is time to move on to the outdoor season. I enjoyed my time in Albuquerque, New Mexico and most of all I had some great supporters to join me. I will start off with Coach Chris who of course was there to aid me in being productive in the 400 meters and to be my biggest fan, Uncle Scott was there to serve as family support and assure that things were fine, Brooklyn served as an inspiration of where I have been and to be able to look forward to where I want to go. My training partner also made this trip a little easier because it showed that two individuals with hard work could prove a lot of people wrong. His wife Mandy served as a supporter to me but her main goal was to be there for her husband as he competed in the 400 and to assure him that she has his back and knows that he will continue to excel.

It was also nice at the meet to have a current athlete at the University of Cincinnati outshine and do his best and run 7.63 in the 60hurdles and come away with 6th place. His coach Brandon Hon who cheered both Antione and I on, was there to allow his athlete to shine and coach him to his best. Who would have ever guessed at a meet that we would have 3 athletes from the University of Cincinnati, and 2 coaches who were very good former athletes from the University of Cincinnati. Even though we were not able to have an interview with Lewis Johnson who was the sports commentator for the meet and a former University of Cincinnati Bearcat, we got the chance to connect with him and realize that UC is doing things. UC IS ON THE MAP, BABY!!!!

So my performance in the 400 was my best on that day, I walked away with a SB in the 400 meters and finished 3rd overall to very good competitors. I did go into the race with a strategy but with lacking immediate speed from the first 60 meters tends to be the difference of running a 52 versus a 51 indoor. I went in with many goals and accomplished some not all, but all in all I was happy with continual production. So if you watched the race and screamed at the TV, go Mary Go!!! I do thank you but please stay tuned, because I hope to improve even more.