James Wood junior Andrew Link finished fourth in a respectable 16.31 in the 110 hurdles on Saturday. The All-State performer in both the 110 and 300 hurdles last year has high expectations for himself, though, so his disappointment over his start in the 110 hurdles helped fuel him to a time of 41.51 in the 300 hurdles, 0.67 ahead of the rest of the field.
“I wanted to do better than what I did over on the 110s,” Link said. “All I can do is just do my best, and I feel like that’s what I did. I’m really happy.”
Link has plenty of competition within his own team to help push him this year. Brendan Cassidy placed third in the 110 hurdles on Saturday and Logan McKay placed eighth in the 300 hurdles.
“I feel like we can have three, possibly four [people] very far in the hurdles,” McKay said. “I’m really happy to see what we can do as a team.”
James Wood coach Abeeb Badmus was pleased with the Colonels’ performance as a whole. In a meet with 34 teams, Badmus was not expecting James Wood to place fifth.
“I always have good hopes for us, but [34 teams], you never know,” Badmus said. “I’m pretty happy. [For both boys and girls], we competed the best we can compete.”
