James Taylor won seven individual state track crowns and two state titles on Nansemond River relay teams. He made Virginia prep sports history as a Warrior senior becoming the first athlete to win four individual state championships in the same indoor meet.
Two things off the track slowed him down for a year, the SAT and NCAA rules. Taylor missed one year from the Norfolk State track team for being academically ineligible.
“Academically ineligible” sounds bad. It sounds as though it’s something a young person might not rebound from, academically or athletically.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
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