Family Celebrity

I have to take a day to brag about my little brother-in-law, Elijah, who has recently become a huge celebrity in the world of track and field!

Elijah currently has the fastest high school time in the nation in the 800 meters! His current time is: 1 minute 48 seconds. (For you non-track people 800 m is basically two laps around the track). AND he has the fastest high school time in the nation for the 1500 meters (current time is: 3 minutes 50 seconds).

This weekend he is running in a huge race (the PreFontaine Classic) with Olympians and will try to break the all-time National High School record for the 800 m! (which he’s already very close to beating)

He’s recently had a cover story in ESPN Rise Magazine.


He’s been featured in Dyestat.

{click the image above to read the story}

And he has been a frequent local story on TV stations in Portland, Oregon. Check out this Fox News feature on him: http://www.kptv.com/video/19558612/index.html

Elijah is currently a Senior in High School and will run next year for the University of Oregon. Oregon has a legendary track program and he chose Oregon because going there will give him the best chance of going to the Olympics in 2012. Yes, people are already talking about him being an Olympic contender (see Fox new story above). Isn’t that crazy!?

So we may be going in London in three years!

But Olympics or not, we are all so proud of him already. His work ethic, attitude, and spirit are just amazing. We love you, Elijah!



Here I am with “my boys”, the Mr. and his three younger brothers, at Thanksgiving last year.