How does he do it?
Todd Gurley was also a world-class hurdler and sprinter for his school's track & field team. He competed for Team USA in the 110mHH at the 2011 World Youth Championships, where he placed 3rd in the prelims with a career-best time of 13.66 seconds
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Zeke Elliott, multi-sport athlete in high school, shows off his hurdle skills that made him a 110HH Missouri state champion! PR 13.77. Also won state titles in 100m PR 10.95, 200m PR 22.05, and 300 hurdles PR 37.52! It makes a difference
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Congrats Again to Chris Evans! BD alum superstar athlete (Track and Football) and Michigan alum is headed to the Super Bowl with his Cincinnati Bengals! One of, if not the best, teammate, leader, worker and competitor I've ever coached. So deserving!
Way to go
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Nice job BD alum Reese Taylor! Helps IU offense keep the drive alive to the first score of the season. After pick 6 by Crawford, Hoosiers up in the 1st qtr, 14 - 7
Congrats to Chris Evans! Ben Davis alum superstar athlete (Track and Football) doing his thing for the Cincinnati Bengals! On his way to the AFC Championship Game next week! Way to go
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Blessed to be with the two best throwers in BD history, in the best track stadium world! Thanks Antoine and David for your contributions to the BD Track Program!
One of Indiana's best high and long jumpers, our own BD Trackman and Multi-sport star Dom Day shows big bunnies in the dunk contest today! Definitely the winner
Starting the season your Giants were ranked 16th in the state. Today the Giants bring home some hardware, have PR performances and take Indoor State Runner-up! Still work to do, but making strides. Congrats and nice job today!
After getting knocked down to 2nd in the first round of finals, BD Trackman Nylan Brown launches a monster throw to grab the lead back and leave no doubt! Here is your 2024 IHSAA State Shot Put Champion!
Congrats to Avon High School trackman Brock King! King was selected as the Henry Hopkins Most Outstanding Athlete of the Meet at the BD Relays today. He was part of both the shotput and discus winning relays, throwing 161' in discus and 59' in SP
Congrats to Antione Cooper tonight at the Marion County Track and Field Championships! Not only did Cooper win the 2022 discus title, he also set a new school record of 181'6"! Great job!
Congrats to MIC conference Champion Nylan Brown! Nylan won the shotput with a 57'9" throw, earning him BD top ten honors with the 7th best throw ever in BD history.
Ben Davis Track seniors Dom Day, Mike Adams and Maurice Higgins cool down after prep work for the Midwest meet of Champions! All 3 have been selected to represent Indiana in the All-Star meet this weekend! Congrats!
Congrats to BD's newest State Champion- Nylon Brown! Tough weather conditions did not affect his drive and mental toughness as Nylon had a great series of 6 throws, breaking his own school record with a PR 63'1.5", and captured the 2024 Indiana State Shot Put title!
With the IHSAA state meet tomorrow, our senior trackmen prepare for our special Graduation Ceremony tonight! Thanks goes to our superintendent Dr. Butts, our school board and the Ben Davis administration team. You are all awesome!
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All 4 head coaches at Avon, BD, Brownsburg and Zionsville are/were distance/CC coaches at Ben Davis! Great coaches of top character with dedication to the sport and a caring heart for their athletes. Congrats on semi-state qualifying & thanks for being a Giant!
Congrats to David Lara-Gonzalez! David is the 2022 regional champion in the shot put and also the new Ben Davis shot put school record holder with a throw of 63'.5"!
Great Job David!
BD Giants almost pull off the upset today at the IHSAA sectionals today, taking runner-up honors to 9th ranked Zionsville by 4 points! Top 5 Giants earn All-Sectional honors!
BD Trackman David Lara-Gonzalez throws over 57 feet tonight to become the 2021 Marion County shot put Champion tonight! Nice Job! He joins an elite group of Giant County Champion Throwers, '95 De!lbert Mimms, '01 Garland Porter, '05 John Hawkins, '15 & '16 Jalil Brewer
Generations!
Here at the Nike Nationals...
2001 Ben Davis Track star Garland Porter, state shot put champ, and at that time, school record holder, and 21 years later, 2022 Ben Davis Track star David Lara-Gonzalez, the Ben Davis shot put school record holder!
Wow! Giants sophomore tailback Alijah Price (and sprinter/long jumper!) is putting on a show tonight! This is his second long TD run, using speed, making 'em miss and breaking tackles! Add it to the hi-lite reel!
Giants are up 44-13 with 9:00 to go
Beautiful morning to head to Eugene for some awesome track and field! Our two best ever throwers in Ben Davis history compete tomorrow at the Nike Outdoor Nationals! Good luck to David Lara-Gonzalez and Antoine Cooper!
Congrats to your BD Trackmen!
The Giants score 151.5 points to take the team title in the 2022 IHSAA Sectional at BD!
Scores: BD 151.5, Pike 113, PM 98, Ritter 83, SP 70.5, DC 52, Speedway 24, CC 23...
Good Luck to Ben Davis Football and Track alum Pompey Coleman tonight in his big bowl game in Texas! He is our discus school record holder and great overcomer of adversity, as well as an awesome person!
STATE BOUND!
BD trackman Graham West runs 39.64 in the 300 hurdles, takes 2nd in heat, 4th overall, qualifies for the state in his second event of the night! Congrats!
STATE BOUND!
Seeded 8th, the BD 4x8 runs 8:01 for Regional Runner-up tonight! Great plan Coach Mac and Great Job Alex Cuevas, Aboubaker Ibrahim, David Adesanya, and Daniel Camacho!
Congrats to the Ben Davis Giants Freshman trackmen! In a great team effort, the Giants win the 2022 Marion Couty Freshman Track and Field Championships!
Team scores: BD 109, NC 96, WC 73, FC 71, Pike 64.5 LN 58, Brebeuf 40, SP 29, PM 23, Roncalli 22, Luheran 11.5, LC 8, DC 6,
After a few good rushes and receptions at tailback, BD alum football and track star (and 110HH school record holder!) Chris Evans goes 70+ yards on a kick off return tonight for the Bengals!
BD Giants are 2019 IHSAA Sectional Champions! Final scores BD 163.5, Pike 163, Perry Meridian 67.5, Ritter 67, Southport 44, Covenant Christian 43, Decatur Central 32, Speedway 21...
BD FB/Track alums face off in South Bend! Michigan
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RB Chris Evans (2x state track champ 4x1, all-state hurdler and long jumper) runs from ND
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LB Asmar Bilal (discus thrower and 6'5" state high jumper)
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To put an exclamation mark on a exciting night of track and field, the BD Giants 4x4 relay of Success Adenuga(50.9 lead off), Raif Miller(50.1 anchor), Graham West(52.6 2nd leg), and JuJu Rodriguez (52.3 3rd leg) run 3:26, a 4 second season's best and and top 5 time in the state!
Congrats to BD Trackman Nylan Brown in the shot put! Not only did he capture the 2024 sectional title, he also set a new SP school record by launching a 63'1" throw! Great Job !
Bound for IU track & field, Dom Day celebrates his signing with his coaches that have helped shape him into the fine person/athlete he is today. Rarely mentioned, yet having an immense impact, multi-sport athletes are blessed to have so many different influences and perspectives
Scott Williams is BD's 5th Track state Champ! State and National CC Champ(14:44 5K),7th in USA-1600m. At IU, he was 4x NCAA qualifier, 6x All-Big Ten,'87 Big Ten CC Champ & NCAA All-American.Olympic Trials qualifier 5000m. Indiana T&CC Hall of Fame.Coached BDCC to '95 State title
BD Class President and top Giant distance runner Yosef Solomon gives an outstanding graduation speech today! Congratulations class of 2021!
Great job Yosef! Love the life parallels you shared with track! It was awesome!
Congrats to BD's Yonas Araya on his selection as an Indiana Track and Field All-Star! Yonas will compete with Team Indiana this weekend vs Team Ohio and Team Michigan at the Midwest Meet of Champions at Michigan State University
Our Rock Star Superintendent, Dr Butts, was a pretty good thrower himself! So appreciative that you were able to see David throw 59'6" to medal and earn All-State honors at the state meet. Thanks for the many ways you support our student-athletes, our program and our sport!
Congrats to Jaidyn Johnson! Part of the BN 4x1 win, runner-up 4x2 & 4x4, & won the Matt Terrell 100m dash in 10.38! This breaks the BD Relays meet record & breaks the 10.63 stadium record set in '08 by BD's Lavarus Williams!
He wins the '24 Henry Hopkins Outstanding Athlete Award
In 2018, BDHS valedictorian Tommy McDonald not only as the
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student at BD, but also wasp an outstanding FB and track athlete, our
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shot putter, 1st team Academic All-State & more. Now, he is an engineer for Rolls Royce and just married the love of his life! Congrats Tommy!
Congrats to BD trackman Nylan Brown. His Elite Fleet throw of 51'5.5" at the BD sectional would have won at one of the other 3 sectionals and placed runner up inthe other two! Regional bound! Will be seeded 6th at LC. Great Job!
Congrats to our newest state champion Antoine Cooper and his Coaches, Coach Niese & Coach Mason. Cooper wins the discus state championship with 172'6" throw!