Blogs : Calvin Abram

New Start and A New Me

Sup folks,

                If you guys don’t know who I am, then I am “Tiger”Calvin Abram. I am from Shreveport, Louisiana. I previously had a blog on trackshark last year and it was nice to share to my fellow trackstars, some of my experiences on the junior college level. I am a Junior College transfer from Barton County Community College and I am a short sprinter. I currently am a scholarship athlete at Arizona State University. I have Pr’s of 10.47 100 meters, 20.91 200 meters, 21.45 200 meters (indoor), 6.77 60 meters (indoor). Last year was a year filled with ups and downs because of some of the things that was going on, on and off the track for me AND MY TEAM MATES. I really miss Barton but at the same time I don’t. I really miss being around my team mates and my coaches all the time. What people don’t know is that everybody on the team is very close because we are always around each other. The only thing I hated about that school is that I was in the middle of no where and the weather was STUPID. I was blessed with some of the greatest coaches and team mates up their and I would do it all over again if I could. I won a national championship their and I met friends that I have grown to love. Coach Kane was always on our back about our grades because he knows that if you struggle in the books on the junior college level, then we wouldn’t be able to function on the division 1 level. When I first got to Barton I struggled with my classes and it actually took me a YEAR to get focused in the books. What really got me focused was after outdoor nationals I started talking to a couple of schools and I had to start motivating myself to want to get to the next level. Last year, I was blessed to get some interest from some schools like Nebraska, Florida State, South Carolina to name a couple. What made me choose ASU some people ask? Well, when I came on my visit in the spring, I fell in love with the campus and I felt like I needed to be in a different environment. I haven’t been to the west coast states besides Oregon and I got tired of the south ESPCIALLY LOUISIANA. I wonted to be around different types of people and see and run at new places. I really got a really good vibe from the coaching staff here and my coaches at Barton really felt that the PAC-10 conference was a good fit for me. I got to Arizona like 2 weeks ago and I am still adjusting to the different type environment, mainly the HEAT and how spread out everything is. This past week we did a couple of tests like how high we could jump and flexibility. We started lifting weights also and this was a big wake up call to the D1 level of things. 80% of my team mates were sore to the point that we could barely walk to class. We did a mile run the other day and I couldn’t even finish it hahahahaha. I haven’t done anything since my last track meet at Barton in late April, so you can imagine how out of shape I am right now. I also did not come this school by my self. A team mate of mine Darryl Elston came with me, he is the outdoor JUCO 400 hurdle champion, and so I don’t feel alone up here. Our coaches here have really stressed to us how important winning the conference title this year and we should make it the main goal for our team. We lost the conference title by 3 points and they said it was not a good feeling to loose by such a small margin. So, we are focused on winning that title this year, which we will be hosting this year at Arizona State. So my coaches would like for the men and women and be taking a victory lap this year. Some goals I have set for my self, is for me to get my work ethic up and to try and do the little things right.  I know being a champion takes hard work and I am focused on being a better sprinter. I am going to work on my start a lot and try to increase my endurance for the end of my 200 meters. We have a very deep team on paper so hopefully we will make a little noise this year. By the way, my major will be Industrial design. I hope my blog will be a very good read for you guys this year. Comments would be appreciated.

Holla.......Go Sun Devils

                                Ps – if you ever are in the forums……my screen name is MOSTKNOWNUKNOWN and if you guys would every like to say something to me… my email address is calvin.abram@asu.edu