I moved from Florida when I was younger, and sports, especially basketball, were a good way to make friends. I grew up idolizing Michael Jordan, so that had a lot of influence on me.

From football to basketball season, I did not have any time off. That's hard, especially on your body. Your body changes based on the sport and it was good to have a couple of weeks of rest before track.

I grew up watching Westbrook basketball games and saw some of those winning teams we had in the past and it's something I've always wanted to be a part of. It's been hard lately because we're lacking some talent, but hopefully next year we can turn things around.

We spend almost six months out of the year together. As with any coach/player relationship, we do butt heads, but he's a great guy and is so helpful that it makes spending so much time together easy.

We have a great group of coaches in track. They motivate us and allow us to have fun while also pushing us to be the best we can.

We lost our best 400 man last year and I'll have to try to take his place, which is not going to be easy. My time last year was :57, so I'd like to lower that a bit. Also, the high jump is new to me so I have set some goals to accomplish there.