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Julian Greenwell, Columbus East senior baseball player
Greenwell went 2 for 4 and threw a four-hitter with 15 strikeouts in a 9-0 win against Cathedral, went 4 for 5 with two homers and four RBIs in a 16-0 win at Seymour and went 3 for 5 and 1 for 4 in a doubleheader sweep at Floyd Central.
His performance last week: “I was pretty happy with my performance. I knew the Cathedral game was going to be a little bit challenging, but the whole team really came through the whole game. The offense did a great job and really helped me a lot.”
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Do you do anything special to prepare? “My routine is to not have a routine because I think that if something goes wrong with the routine, then everything is going to be messed up. So if I don’t have a routine, then there’s nothing to mess up.”
Favorite drink: “Hi-C Orange”
Favorite food: “Hash browns”
Favorite book: “Hatchet”
Favorite class: “Medical Interventions”
Role model: “My dad (John Greenwell)”
Best advice: “Never bunt.”
Athletics goal: “Win state in baseball.”
If you could travel anywhere: “Hawaii, because I want to go surfing.”
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Kayla Truesdell, Jennings County senior track athlete
Truesdell won the shot put (42 feet, 5 inches) and discus (121-2) in a tri meet against Seymour and Bedford North Lawrence. She also won the shot (41-7 1/2) and finished second in the discus (122-7) in Jeffersonville’s Red Devil Inferno.
Her performance last week: “It was OK. I need to do better. There are still some things I need to fix. It’s a work in progress.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “I just imagine how I want to execute each throw. I have key words that I concentrate on rather than concentrating on every little thing.”
Favorite drink: “White Cherry Gatorade”
Favorite food: “Steak”
Favorite book: “The Things They’ve Carried”
Favorite class: “Anatomy”
Role model: “My throwing coach (Justin Smith)”
Best advice: “It only takes one throw.”
Athletics goal: “I want to go to the Midwest Meet of Champions this year and get the (school) discus record.”
If you could travel anywhere: “The Bahamas, because it’s pretty.”
