The Road to Gainesville

As I told you before , I grew up in a single parent home. My dad was rarely apart of my life. Each summer I would go the the Virgin Islands. On the 10th birthday after my trip to the Virgin Islands my Grandmother died. Till this day That was the last time I heard from my dad. My dad was a baseball player and my mom played basketball. They both were good but having kids made it difficult to pursue athletics. I actually have 10 brothers and sisters but I haven't had much contact with them. Just last year at SEC outdoors I meet my younger brother Christopher. I grew up playing football . I never had a position I was jus an athlete. I played quarter back , receiver , safety , corner. Pretty much any where I could used
I attend HS at Palm Beach Lakes in West Palm Beach. Football career eas mediocre. My team was talented but could never put it together. The summer heading into my junior year
I decided to do track. My main event were the High Hurdles. I was coach by Jermone Groover and Mark Drummond
Coach Drummond was mainly my Summer track and Groover coached me during school. Both were great coaches. They pushed me to and beyond my limits. Things only got better from that point on. I went on to win the 4A state title in the 110 hurdles my junior year. Then it was back to football. During my 3rd game of the season I was hit going up for a fly ball. I broke my right humerus. From there it send like things went down hill. Family issues and school overwhelmed me even more. I wanted to give up, to call it quits. To jus forget about school and sports. After a long rehab I decided
to focus in track. I ended my senior by winning the 3A State Title and break the state record of (13.59) with a time of 13.46 . Making me the fastest HS hurdler in the US and 6th in the World.
I furthered my Success by winning the 2010 New Balance Nationals title in the 110s. I was offered full scholarship from LSU, USC , UF. Obviously Florida was the place for me.