 | Trotwood grad breaks receiving record at Michigan
Dayton Daily News 11:18 PM Sunday, November 7, 2010
Michigan Wolverines receiver and former Trotwood-Madison standout Roy Roundtree proved he’s still Rams tough. The redshirt sophomore broke UM’s record for receiving yards in a game with his 246-yard effort in the 67-65 triple-overtime win over Illinois on Saturday. Roundtree started his day with a 75-yard touchdown on the Wolverines’ first play, the longest TD catch of his career.
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 | Trotwood grad putting Lake Erie track on the map
By Sean McClelland, Staff Writer
11:29 PM Friday, May 21, 2010
Chris Burrows was unsure for awhile where the extra half-second came from that made him nationally relevant as a Lake Erie College redshirt freshman.
But now he thinks he knows: “It’s thanks to God. He helps me every day to push through each practice, each hard workout.”
Burrows (Trotwood-Madison) has qualified for the NCAA Division II outdoor track and field championships on Thursday, May 27, in Charlotte, N.C. He is seeded 12th in the 200 meters after turning in a time of 21.18 seconds two weeks ago at Indiana University’s Billy Hayes Invitational.
That school-record clocking is the 11th-fastest in the country, and Burrows just missed qualifying for the 100 when his 10.63 fell less than 0.1 seconds off the cut line.
“I’ve kind of surprised myself,” Burrows said. “I was getting a little bit discouraged in the middle of the season when my times weren’t as good, but out of the blue it just dropped a half a second in the 200 in three weeks or so.”
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