SI.com's Trindon Holliday's Article

pjnchamps · Jun 27, 2008

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/kevin_armstrong/06/27/trindon.holliday/index.html

Holliday, Garvin and Demps making runs at the U.S. Olympic team
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His path to the U.S. Olympics trials in Eugene, Ore., was not paved.
In the front yard outside his paternal grandmother's house, Trindon Holliday, a 5-foot-5, 160-pound water bug who doubles as an LSU football star and world-class sprinter, dashed past neighborhood challengers as a youth. There on Plank Road in rural Zachary, La. -- a town of 2,000 residents in Baton Rouge's east parish -- the wide receiver and kick returner began to grow, sort of. "He's so muscular yet so short," says Jesse LeBlanc, who was Holliday's principal at Northeast High. "It's like he's one muscle."

"Some coaches add an inch or a few pounds to their recruits' weights," says David Masterson, Holliday's high school football coach, who watched Holliday run a 4.28 in front of former LSU coaches Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher in high tops without starting in a track stance. "I added time to his 40 because I knew coaches wouldn't believe it."....

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OkieTigerTK · Jun 27, 2008

nice article. thanks for posting it.:thumb:

ok awesome · Jun 27, 2008

I'm surprised no one has gotten onto that guy for using the word "midget" the way things are these days.

buckeye78 · Jun 27, 2008

Just wanted to stop by and wish him good luck! hope everyone here is well, and looking forward to football season!

trackfan · Jun 28, 2008

Here is an amazing picture from the recent NCAA championships of Michael Ray Garvin, the Florida State player mentioned in the article. And I can assure you, that this picture was not photo-shopped. You'll notice Trindon and Walter Dix in the background.

JohnLSU · Jun 29, 2008

trackfan said: ↑

Here is an amazing picture from the recent NCAA championships of Michael Ray Garvin, the Florida State player mentioned in the article. And I can assure you, that this picture was not photo-shopped. You'll notice Trindon and Walter Dix in the background.

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BigWee_TEAMKATT · Jul 2, 2008

I've got ups like that.

charlie_c0756 · Jul 2, 2008

Damn,,,,,I wish I could jump that high. Of course, I'm an old white guy, I'm not supposed to. Great pics though.

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ok awesome geaux

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BigWee_TEAMKATT Victory for LSU!!!

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