Personal Bests Indoor 400m 51.30 Outdoor 400m 48.92 800m 2:00.50 1-mile 4:46.00 PREP: Attended Whitehaven H.S...Was a four-year letterman and two-year captain in both track and cross country...Event specialties are the 400m and 800m...Won league, city and sectional championships in the 400 in 2004, also winning a league championship in 2003...Claimed 800m titles at the Cordova Invitational his junior and senior years and was league cross country champion his sophomore year...Named Most Valuable Runner in track each year from 2001-04 and in cross country each year from 2000-03...Was also president of the Drama Club his senior year...Cross country coach was Leonard Conter and track coach was Chris Jones. PERSONAL: Born in Memphis, Tenn., on November 9, 1984...Full name is Samuel R. James III...Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. James...Father is a manager and mother is a probation officer...Father was a five-time All-American and 1980 captain for the University of Tennessee track team...Major is undecided...Chose Memphis because it was a place he could run track and stay close to home. |
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