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High School Starters to Olympic Partners

If you were a pro track & field runner, would you rather race against Lolo Jones or Allyson Felix. The two girls are very devoted to running and plan to keep it like that. Each one of them have their strengths and weaknesses. They both started and high school, and stuck with the sport, and still compete today. They train hard, sweat a lot, and eat right, so they can continue running. Even though they have their strengths and weaknesses, both, Felix and Jones posses a similar passion to the sport.

Lolo Jones started her career in her early high school years. She fell in love with the sport and has possessed passion as she has grown older. The LSU graduate was committed to keep hurdling into peoples hearts all over the world. Her birth name wasn’t Lolo, but rather Lori. Jones has won 4 gold medals in televised meets and has also taken home the silver in a few as well. Lori is now 31 years old, but still is determined to stay with the sport, even while juggling with another one on her hands. She decided to take on bobsledding during the winters, and recently went to the Olympics, unfortunately didn’t place in the top 3, but still isn’t quitting either sport. While people say she has way too much responsibilities to handle, but she will look you in the eye and say, I can handle it just like I can handle running 60 meters in 7.29 seconds.

Allyson Felix, on the other hand is some what different. She aswell started in high school, and has developed a nickname, but the nickname describes her legs not her, it is chicken legs. While you may be shaking your head, she thinks that it is a cool nickname and makes her seem intimidating. In my opinion a name like chicken legs makes you sound like a nerd, I mean think about it. Would you like to be called chicken legs. Anyway, the USC graduate has developed a love for track and field and only track and field unlike lolo, but does enjoy different events, such as 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters. Her coach Bob Kersee has trained her to not spring until the last few meters so she keeps her energy, and frankly, i think it works for her seeing that she has won over 18 gold medals. Allyson has a large passion with many years to come for her in the sport, seeing that she is only 28. Most might say that her career is coming to happy ending, like in cinderella, but the fairy tale ending won’t come for years until she has lived track & field to its fullest potential.

Some may say that Lolo Jones is better than Allyson Felix. But that would be an opinion. Others might say that Allyson Felix is better than Lolo Jones. But that would be an opinion. People may say that Allyson Felix is faster than Lolo Jones. And that would be a fact. Each runner has their strengths and weaknesses, and many qualities make them equal, but honestly, I can’t tell you who is better because both are equal. No athlete is perfect, but any athlete can train to be good or even great, but not perfect. Allyson Felix and Lolo Jones are high school starters and they became Olympic partners, and they train to be great, but they mostly train to succeed and to make their fans proud.

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