Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The blatant Baltimore Sun slap in the face

So I sent an email, got one back and then sent a reply. Take a read and see if I shouldnt be even more pissed...


Thursday, May 17, 2012

Hello...Baltimore Sun! Remember Me?


So in reading the Baltimore Sun, it appears to me that they have a group of individuals working for them that believe there are 175 other Maryland affiliated athletes that have achieved more athletic success than I have? Appalled and disrespected I am to the utmost.

I dont think I need to run down my athletic achievements, but for those that may have forgotten, let me remind some of you of some things you do know and some you may not know...

As a freshman in high school, I took 4th place at states in the 400m
Sophomore year I was .4 seconds away from winning the 400m and took 2nd to a teammate. Ran on the 2nd place finishing 4x100 team at Penn Relays  (which was 1st american team) and 3rd place 4x400 team
My junior year my relay team once again made the Penn Relay finals and was first american team (so that's two Penn watches I had won)
At states, I won the 400m, won the TJ (which is still the 5th best jump in state history) anchored the winning 4x400 relay and took 3rd in the 200m. I was also Gatorade T&F athlete of the year by the way...
Senior year I took 2nd in both the 200m and 400m at states. Had PR's of 20.8 & 46.6. Ranked 3rd best 400m runner in the country by T&F News. Gatorade T&F athlete of the years again! All-Metro athlete of the year indoor and outdoor as well.

...and that was just high school

In college at Hampton University...

I set the school record, which still stands in the triple jump indoor as well as breaking the conference record for most points indoor and outdoor which also still stands today. I competed in 5 events indoor and 6 events outdoor and placed top 3 in every event I did. I was named conference athlete of the meet indoor and outdoor in 1999
Not once but twice I went to the NCAA nationals and was an all-american both times (1998, 1999)
Won Penn relays (1999) So thats 3 Penn Relays watches I won.
Ranked in the USA top 10 (1999)
FYI - I also ran cross country and had a mile PR of 4:51 & 8K PR of 28:50

Well, now lets get to the good stuff, shall we?

As a professional this is what I did...

3 USA national championships (2002, 2004, 2007)
8 times placed top 3 at the USA national championships
2 time Olympic team member and finalist (2000, 2004)
World championship silver medalist (2005)
World Cup champions (2002)
USA indoor runner-up at 400m (2004)
Ranked top 10 in the USA 8 times of the 10 years I competed
Ranked top 8 in the world 7 times of the 10 years I competed
13th fastest all time in the world at 400 hurdles ...Let me type that again...ALL TIME  IN THE WORLD!
Anyone know how fast 48.50 is in the 400 hurdles...Well I ran faster than that 36 times in my career

So, just why in the flim flam frick did I NOT make this list?