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6/9/10
Trotwood misses track title by fraction of a second
Had Henry beaten Williamson, that would have been a four-point swing: two fewer for Harding, two more for Trotwood and a 46-45 Rams team victory.
And it’s even more stinging than that: Williamson also was first in the 100 and Henry second.
“That’s what I was shooting for this whole season,” said Henry, a senior who also won a coveted 400 title (47.67).
“I really wanted this team title. We knew it was going to be close.”
To be fair, that 200 obviously didn’t cost the Rams more than any other placing. Like a missed first-quarter free throw, everything counts in a one — or three — point loss. But end events always hog the dramatics.
Try it; you’ll like it
Like senior Jordon Paschal two years ago, junior Renon Lorenzo was an unlikely fill-in on the Rams’ record-setting relay.
Paschal first landed on the relay at the ’08 district when Michael Shaw was declared ineligible by the OHSAA.
Lorenzo, a junior, was finally coaxed into running track this season by Rams football coach Maurice Douglass. And he quickly became a key member of the 400, 800 and 1,600 relays when veteran Michael Jordan couldn’t recover from a winter track hamstring pull.
“Coach Douglass had to drag me out here,” said Lorenzo, a speedy slot receiver.
“We’ve been telling him for the last couple of years that he should have been running instead of playing baseball,” Douglass said during the state meet.
“He’s got too much speed, and he’s come a long, long way.”
Count Douglass among football coaches who tout the benefits of track-enhanced speed for football players.
“This is the best thing for them,” he said. “The two (sports) go together.”
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2381 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (937) 225-2381 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or mpendleton@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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