Henrique Carvalho
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Henrique Carvalho // Columbus East senior track athlete
Carvalho finished second in the 300-meter hurdles in the Greenfield-Central Regional to qualify for the state finals.
His performance last week: “It really surprised me. It was just a surprising performance all around.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “I always drink a lot of water.”
Favorite drink: “Chocolate milk”
Favorite food: “Anything my mom makes”
Favorite class: “Math or calculus”
Favorite sports team: “My hometown in Brazil has a team, Sao Paulo FC”
Favorite athlete: “I really like Ronaldinho”
Role model: “My dad (Ricardo Carvalho) or Jesus Christ”
Best advice: “To follow Christ.”
Athletics goal: “My goal this year was to break the (school) record, which I’m still like a second off..”
If you could travel anywhere: “I always wanted to go to Japan. I feel like their culture is very different. Everything they do there is a lot different, and I’d like to experience that culture.”
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Carys Glyn-Jones // Columbus North sophomore track athlete
Carys Glyn-Jones
Glyn-Jones finished second in the 800 meters and ran on the winning 4×800 relay team in the Franklin Regional.
Her performance last week: “I’m pretty happy all-in-all. I think that there’s definitely room for improvement, but in general, I’m just very happy with it.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “I just try to really get in the head space of it and try to picture my race, and I try to not get too nervous, but also get to a point where I have some energy to get me going.”
Favorite drink: “I just enjoy water.”
Favorite food: “I do really love pizza.”
Favorite class: “I do enjoy math a lot.”
Favorite sports team: “Springboks (the national rugby team of her native South Africa).”
Favorite athlete: “Serena Williams.”
Role model: “My mom (Deanne Annadale).”
Best advice: “Just have fun and enjoy it while it lasts.’”
If you could travel anywhere: “Greece. I’ve always wanted to go there and think it’s really pretty.”
