Altum-A Competitor In 1973, John Altum was a freshman at Copperas Cove High School when him and 11 other boys succeeded in shattering a very uncommon world record. To this day John still sees it as an achievement and refuses to put is trophy away. Leaving his Mark John had always been very smart making all A’s and B’s throughout his schooling. Known as the class clown, John was very athletic but was the shortest kid in his class at five foot nothing. Making the basketball or football teams had been a struggle. John wanted a chance to show that he could accomplish great things working with a team. Guiness Book of World Records Altum and eleven friends found an amazing opportunity to show off their athleticism. One random day the twelve boys were looking through the newly popular book “Guiness Book of World Records” . The boys were just looking for something fun they could do together as a team, then they saw it, the perfect opportunity: Leapfrogging. (Sidebar-The Guiness Book of World Records is a book that holds all of the records being held in the world. It was first published in 1955 but had just started becoming popular in the 70’s. This book holds some of the …show more content…
The boys would have to go one- hundred miles to break the past world record. The boys would switch out so there would be six boys going at once so they would have to plan how they would sub out but instead their plan was to wing it. The boys also had to stay awake for a very long time so they made sure to gather up some energy drinks but no they didn’t think about a good night
In 1961, Roger and teammate Mickey Mantle received national attention as they chased the single season home run record of 60 set by Babe Ruth in 1927.
Joes High School’s total enrollment consisted of sixteen girls, and twenty boys. Ten of the boys that had enrolled there played basketball. All of the boys were over six feet tall. Lane Sullivan, the new coach of the basketball team, had never even touched a basketball before he started coaching. Sullivan had never coached anything at all before he started coaching the Joes basketball team. In order to gain knowledge about the sport, he got a book about it. He started coaching in 1927, but before the 1928 basketball season, Joes High School didn’t even have a gym. Instead, they’d practice outside on a dirt court, and two times a week they’d take a bus to the nearest gym, which was ten miles away. In order to play home games, the boys had to play in the local dance hall. The “court” was nowhere near regulation size, and the ceiling was so short that the boys couldn’t shoot an arched shot. The people who attended these basketball games had no place to sit and watch the game, the all stood around the edges of the court and on the small stage. Joes High School finally got their own gym around Christmas time because the people of Joes donated their time and material in order to make it happen.
The Boys in the Boat has a shared dream of winning gold in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, but not just the gold, it is the overall satisfaction of achieving something greater than ever imagined. Many of these boys
John was a talented youngster. At the tender age of 6 he was studying music. He learned to play many types of instruments; the
In the story "Antaeus," by Borden Deal, the main character T.J has three capabilities that make him different from his friends. First of all, T.J. is a very intelligent boy. His new city companions did not maintain the wisdom T.J. has about the world and how to deal with people around. T. J. is also a receptive boy, a soft-spoken person who feels an attachment to the land. Finally, T.J. is a tenacious boy who sticks to his plans once he starts it and who would reject to the idea about destroying what he has created.
...ing two similar ones from Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx for being the youngest player to hit 500 home runs and then later 600 home runs. He is a phenomenal player but unfortunately again there will always be a question of whether this was because of his talent after several years or if his records should be more attributed to the drugs.
- winning a Sri Chinmoy 12-hour race near San Francisco in 1989, covering almost 78 miles,
Freddie was a really smart kid he almost took high school as another sport pushing himself to work hard and fighting his hardest to get valedictorian. Freddie was ranked 25th scholastically in his class of 530. His senior year he received the “golden helmet”
The Long Walk has become something of a national pastime in America where every year, hundreds of teenage boys apply to compete. Only a hundred boys are selected to try to be the last man standing. The winner receives anything they could ask for. We experience The Long Walk through the eyes of sixteen year old Ray Garraty. We see firsthand (or sometimes the fallen ones name is murmured slowly along the lines that remain standing) as one by one, the contestants fall from exhaustion, pain, mental anguish, or because they simply fell below the required 4mph speed. He makes friends with several and is forced to see them fall to the hail of bullets when they’re given their third and final warning.
As a young adolescent, Jay has never settled for anything less but the highest possible result that can be given. Such can be said, as his whole elementary school grades were filled with straight A’s, and in middle school getting a 4.0 GPA for an entire year. He has been playing the clarinet for over seven years, while joining the Temple City Music program, and plays the occasional guitar. Jay says that,” Grades are not for my parents, but for my future and I,” (Jayesh Raithatha). He not only worries about himself but takes the initiative to make a better
They go to the video and after along time of examining the video it was Dave who won the race by a 1/100 of a second. This race was a crucial race for Dan as the winner of this race earned a spot in the Olympics. However, between the qualifying race and the Olympics, Dave tears his hamstring during his intense training. In a shocking turn of events, Dave was declared unable to run leaving there one spot open to a sprinter. One day Dan gets a call from the Olympic organization and it offered a card to compete in the 2050 summer Olympics in the spot of Dave. Dan excitedly accepts the offer and is off to Olympics. He and Reggie are in awe and can 't believe it. Even though it wasn 't in the way they imagined, they accomplished their goal of getting to the Olympics. Now that he is there he wants to make the most of his situation and take home the gold. Butterflies in his stomach he get set in lane 8, sweating profusely. When he hears the gun go off, right in that moment he begins to think of all the hard work he put into to get where he is. He remember the size he used to be, along with the pool drill of holding his breath. He didn’t forget how eagerly he searched for air when he was sprinting in Denver. With all this in mind he opened his eyes and saw himself 10m away from the finish
Starting out at a young age he never knew that one day he would be such a
Although Danny is only four-eight, he overcomes great odds by leading a team who rejected him for being small. Since Mike Lupica made the protagonist a short elementary height, it creates a dramatic effect when his father asks him to coach, and then beats his old travel team. Danny Walker was used as a symbol to represent a great basketball mind behind a small middle schooler. The dedication and work ethic Danny has for basketball before and after he coaches the Warriors prove John Wooden’s quote, as he succeeds in being an on-court coach and star
When Finny trains Gene for the 1944 Olympics, Gene becomes more mature. Through Finny's coaching of Gene, Gene acquires many characteristics of the already grown-up Fi...
That night Tie had a party and invited all his friends, even Long. The night went on, and they all celebrated, but now it was set in stone. Tie Guanyin - The Melbourne champion at Ping Pong.