Idaho State Track

I'm from Ripley, Oklahoma. But I am in school at Idaho State. I graduate in May '07 and will move back to Oklahoma for finish and get into the Doctorate program. I was recruited to ISU as a hurdler, but before the season started of my freshman year coach decided to have me do the decathlon. I did pretty well for someone who had never touched a pole vault, shot put, javelin, discus, or ran no more than 300 meters in a race. I was 6th in the Big Sky Conference in the decathlon and then the meet before conference I was throwing javelin and tore my ulna collateral ligament in my right elbow, still went to conference had to throw left handed, ended up getting 8th place at conference. Had surgery my sophomore year, and since then it has been on injury after another. Now heading into my last year at ISU coach wanted me to still compete and after tearing my right hamstring last year in indoors, now I’m just a sprinter (not my strong point) not able to run the hurdles due to my hamstring so I run the 400 open and I can also still run he 400 meter hurdles due to the pace of the race. That’s my college athletic career in a nut shell. But, I’ve always wanted to due triathlons and when I graduate in May and I will be done competing collegially I want to start training in biking and swimming.