Before Harvard
Competed in cross country and track and field … Captain of track and field team as a junior and senior … Earned all-league honors in track and field as a junior and senior … Named track and field Most Valuable Player as a junior … Sunshine League 400 meter and 800 meter champion as a junior and senior … California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section 400 meter champion as a junior and 800 meter champion as a senior.