MAKE ME THE BEST AT TRACK AND FIELD BY KEN STONE SportsZone An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
INTRODUCTION
more young athletes participate in track and field than any other sport in the United States Every year approximately 1 5 million boys and girls are runners jumpers or throwers far more than the annual 1 million football players and nearly 1 million basketball players Some young athletes will go on to become world champions The greatest athletes today come from different backgrounds and their stories are dramatically different too Usain Bolt was a wild child the boy with too much energy before he became Lightning Bolt Jenn Suhr didn't start pole vaulting until she was almost through college Aries Merritt suffered a rare medical disorder that nearly ended his hurdling career How did these and other champions end up on the path to greatness Read on to find out what the best of the best have in common and what you can learn from them that could put you on your own road to success
