Sport: Track and field
Class: 2017
Age: 18
Claim to fame: Dayton Relays freshman year
Bet you didn’t know: I have a birthmark the shape of Africa
Toughest opponent/why: Sophia Angelopolous. She was always so eager whether she won or not — made it hard to hate her.
Favorite book: The Secret Life of Bees
Favorite movie: Avatar
Favorite TV show: Criminal Minds
Favorite musical artist/song: Beyonce/Rather Die Young
Favorite pro athlete/why: LeBron James — his ambition and strong will
Favorite home-cooked meal: Soul food
Meet-day rituals: Oatmeal for breakfast, fruit salad and fried chicken for lunch, two-hour pre-race nap
Person who would play me in a movie/why? Kash Doll — she’s my doppelganger
Words I live by: Life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we react to it.
Biggest influence/why: My brother Jordan. He’s always taught me to be independent and self-inspiring. He tells me to never let someone else’s perspective of me change the way I view myself.
I am most annoyed by: Bugs
I can’t live without: Meat
Most embarrassing moment: I fell down the bleachers at my brother’s senior night.
In 10 years, I’ll be: A sports therapist
Best thing about track and field: Watching people compete head to head
Worst thing about track and field: The long-distance races
Vegetable I just won’t eat: Peas
Favorite school subject: Science
Last DVD or video game I bought: The Friday 3-pack DVD series
Person whose brain you’d like to pick: Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds
Love to trade places for a day with: Beyonce
When I’m bored, I like to: Listen to music
Worst habit: Falling asleep with my candle warmer lit
On your bedroom walls: Paintings
Talent I’d most like to have: Singing
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