TRACK

Although the season is almost done, I have so far had a really good first year of high school track & field. I am on varsity shot put, discus, 100 meter dash and the 4x100 meter relay team! Plus I have won shot put three times now and am the best on the team. Not bad for a freshman, huh? Shown in the picture is me preparing to throw discus in my first high school competition, but this was a bad day for me and everyone there. My school is attending the Shoreline Invitational, perhaps the biggest invite of the entire season, next weekend. I'm hoping I qualify and get my shot put distance up so I can go and win state!!! Wish me luck, readers!

UTTABRALA

UTTABRALA is the state mat crew team of Tahoma wrestlers grades 8-12. The team name is an achronym that stands for "United Towel Tapping And Bout Running Associational League of America." I was one of the first eighth graders to be a part of the team last year but was not a part this year (an eighth grader beat me out for the spot this year. So sad :'(. ) However I do not plan on being on the team next year since I will be the 2010 Washington 285 state champion!

MR. 300

So a couple weeks ago, March if I'm not mistaken, was one of the most memorable moments in my life. I broke the Tahoma Junior High record for the bench press getting 300 pounds! Not only did I get it, but I broke the school record of 275 pounds previously set by myself. Soon after I set it, I kept joking saying things like "This is SPARTA!" and I've gotten a lot of attention from the other kids at school. My next goal is 325 and I'm working hard in and out of the weight room to acheive that.

20 Random Things

Thank you Jordon!


1) I HATE when people call me "Aar" (Air)

2) As much bigger than I am than just about everyone at my school, I've never gotten in a fight

3) My favorite color is blue

4) I'm allergic to nuts
4b) Peanuts are seeds, not nuts

5) As a baby I use to hit my head on a large lamp over my kitchen table

6) My legs hurt!

7) I'm 6'2" and have about a 6'5" armspan

8) I wrote my first movie script at age 10

9) My great grandmother is from India

10) I consider people of India the "Forgotten Asians"

11) I use to have a big afro

12) I hated it

13) I drink uo to four POWERades a day

14) I had a rock band in 5th grade

15) I've been physically compared to the son from the movie Coach Carter

16) When I got my driving permit the guy at the DMV made fun of my signature

17) Deep down inside I hate cross country runners and basketball players

18) I'm one of only 17 black kids at a school with eleven or twelve hundred students

19) I cannot swim (kind of)

20) I'm getting my grandpa's old car this summer

WHADDUP!!!

If you hadn't figured it out already, I'm Aaron. I'm a ninth grader at Tahoma Junior High School. My main sport is football, but I am also active in wrestling, track & field, and was told by my football coach to consider power lifting competitions. At the end of January got my driving permit. I also work hard in school to keep my grades high. I would like to play football and do track at the University of Washington then be a first round draft pick by the Seattle Seahawks!