Grade: Incoming senior
Age: 16
Sports: Track and field, cross-country, basketball, soccer
Claim to fame/honors: Triple jumper qualified for National Junior Olympics
Bet you didn’t know … I can play the piano
Words you live by: I regret nothing in my past for it made me the person I am today
Toughest opponent: Myself because I always try to push myself harder
Biggest influence: Coach Crutcher
Meet-day rituals: Stay hydrated, eat pineapple
What’s on your bedroom walls? Running medals, medical posters, stethoscope
When I’m bored I like to … listen to music and talk to friends
Favorite movie: Love & Basketball
Person who would play you in a movie: Kevin Hart
Favorite TV show: Impractical Jokers
Favorite musical artist: Rihanna
I can’t live without: My grandparents and my twin brother Jamel and my sister Taniqua
I can live without: Mayonnaise
Event you’d like to attend: A Rihanna concert
Favorite book: Hunger Games
Favorite home-cooked meal: Chicken Alfredo
Favorite restaurant: BJ’s
Favorite smell: I like all the lotions from Bath and Body Works
Favorite cereal: Froot Loops
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Asparagus
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Alysson Felix
Whose mind would you like to read? My mom
Place where you’d love to travel? Atlantis
Talent you’d like to have? Fly and save the world
Favorite school subject: Allied health with my favorite teacher Mrs. Leavelle
Favorite athlete: Kevin Durant
Favorite team: Anywhere KD (Kevin Durant) goes
Favorite Olympic sport: Track and field
Something in the world I’d like to change: Racism
Favorite sports moment: Our soccer tournament game last year against Alter — really fun game I just really enjoyed
Favorite junk food: I don’t really eat junk food
Best thing about track: My track sisters; we’re like a family, the bond we share
In 10 years, I hope to be … a Care Flight nurse
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