Gray Horn

We scoured the country looking for Florida natives and alumni of Florida schools who are now competing at the professional level. See how they fared in our Pro Report for the week of February 17 - February 23, 2014.

In this weeks edition of From Gray to Gold, Gray Horn his current transition from college athlete to professional athlete.

In this weeks edition of From Gray to Gold, Gray Horn describes the transition periods that he had to go through, both high school to college, and college to the pro game. he will fill you in on all of the lessons he had to learn, and everything that he had to teach myself to cope with these changes.

Out of Waynesfield-Goshen High School, Gray Horn won 3 State titles, 8 Regional titles, and was All Ohio 8 times. He helped lead his team to the 2006 State Title, which was Waynesfield-Goshen’s first ever. What really gained him attention nation-wide was his 5 gold medals throughout his career at the Junior Olympic Championships, and his gold medal at the 2008 Nike Indoor Championships. Gray was also an All State Tight End in football.  Gray will talk about his process, the training, and the mental approaches I have taken to become a professional track and field athlete, through the Decathlon.

A quick recap of how athletes with Ohio ties fared at the Olympic Trials.    Kibwe Johnson (Hammer), A.G. Kruger (Hammer), Tianna Madison (100m), Erik Kynard (High Jump), Bridget Franek (Steeplechase) and Hyleas Fountain (Heptathlon) all have ties to Ohio and have qualified to be on Team USA for the 2012 London Olympics.

Ohioans Rake in USTFCCCA Region Award Winners for  Indoor Track & Field Erik Kynard (Toledo Rogers), Gray Horn (Waynesfiled-Goshen), Christina Manning (Ohio State), Emily Infeld (Beaumont), Jasmine Cotten (University of Cincinnati), John Gaugenti (Bluffton High School), Ryan Loughney (Ashland University), Lauren Sloan (Reynoldsburg), Marc Arce (Coach at University of Findlay)  and Susan Seaton (Coach at University of Cincinnati) all earn Regional Athlete/Coach of the year awards. (via USTFCCCA)

Friday through Sunday, the Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships come to the University of Kentucky's Nutter Field House. (via www.kentucky.com)

Six athletes with ties to Ohio competed at the Pan American Junior Championship this last weekend, and all fared pretty well.  No Golds, but Ohioans come home with a slew of hardware, including two silvers and three bronze medals.

Leesburg alum Shericka Ward took fourth place at the Pan American Junior Championship in Trinadad.  The Villanova rising sophomore ran a time of 13.64.  Some Florida Gators are doing well also.  Gray Horn is currently in second place to the amazing Curtis Beach.  Horn trails Beach 3886 to 3740.  And Alisha Usery lead for a while, but settled for fourth place in the 400 with 54.33.  More coverage:  MileSplit US | USATF | National Scholastic

It was the first busy weekend for Ohio Indoor Track and Field with seven different meets taking to the track to heat up the competition for qualifying to the state meet. Many great performances were ran, jump and thrown this weekend. Click on the title to read about each meet.

The first meet of the Ohio High School Indoor Track and Field season has now come and gone.  Many athletes competed at Ohio Northern University for the season opening Western Ohio Officials Invitational, including the leading High Jumper in the nation, Erik Kynard.