Was 5 under after 5. Course record was thirty. Missed 3 straight 10 footers for birdie on the next three holes. Shot 31. I think I would have been the 3rd to shoot thirty if just one of them would have fallen. Oh yeah, I was hammered drunk too.
Your greatest athletic accomplishment?
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Similar bowling feat...I bowled a 195 left-handed in 6th grade...through the school the bowling alley gave us a pass for one free game a day through the summer, and I was right handed but my dad wouldn't let me bowl right handed in the summer because of baseball so I went left handed :biglaugh:
When I do bowl now I go right handed, and my best there can't touch my left handed 6th grade score :sad:
My 7th grade football team didn't score a single point all season. We had a hell of a defense though. We tied one team 0-0.
Got in on a crack play during my senior season in football, knocked out a linebacker twice my size.
I also placed 4th in the Drake Relays with the fastest time in 4A in the 400 low hurdles with a school record. I'm the man....well, was the man. A kid (junior) broke my record last year by almost 3 seconds. The kid could very well end up being an Olympian.
I also placed 4th in the Drake Relays with the fastest time in 4A in the 400 low hurdles with a school record. I'm the man....well, was the man. A kid (junior) broke my record last year by almost 3 seconds. The kid could very well end up being an Olympian.
Ran lead leg on a 4x400 meter relay team in high school that set a record that I believe still stands 25 years later. We qualified for state, but ran like crap and got smoked badly.
Although barely 6 foot, back then I could take off from one side of the lane, dunk a volleyball, and land on the other side of the lane. Today I probably couldn't jump over the tape they mark the lane with.
Although barely 6 foot, back then I could take off from one side of the lane, dunk a volleyball, and land on the other side of the lane. Today I probably couldn't jump over the tape they mark the lane with.
Toss up between:
-My only homerun in my baseball career, (3-run game ender, mercy rule).
-A diving line drive catch at third base followed with a quick throw from my knees to 1st for a double play. (Had to dump the dirt out of my pants from skidding on the ground after the catch).
-50 yard punt as a 7th grader... go adrenaline and slightly smaller ball...
-I forgot about being our high school Pickle Ball champion... Anyone ever play this? (It was some sort of love child between badminton, squash, tennis, ping pong and wiffle ball... Wooden paddle, low badminton net, wiffle ball, tennis rules).
-My only homerun in my baseball career, (3-run game ender, mercy rule).
-A diving line drive catch at third base followed with a quick throw from my knees to 1st for a double play. (Had to dump the dirt out of my pants from skidding on the ground after the catch).
-50 yard punt as a 7th grader... go adrenaline and slightly smaller ball...
-I forgot about being our high school Pickle Ball champion... Anyone ever play this? (It was some sort of love child between badminton, squash, tennis, ping pong and wiffle ball... Wooden paddle, low badminton net, wiffle ball, tennis rules).
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It's a tie between going from playing d-line one year and running cross country the next in high school and rowing in college. Gotta love those 6 am workouts at lied and 530 am practices at Ada Hayden.
Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot my run around the line and catch the qb from behind sack against waterloo west. But then again, it was against waterloo west in 03, so I rescind mention of the aforementioned sack and stick with rowing as my final answer.
Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot my run around the line and catch the qb from behind sack against waterloo west. But then again, it was against waterloo west in 03, so I rescind mention of the aforementioned sack and stick with rowing as my final answer.
All I have are high school memories:
Baseball:
- Batted .390 as a freshman (got worse every year after that)
- Struck out 4 times in one game (hit a 3-run HR in my other AB)
- 1st team All Southwest Iowa (OWH) my Sr. year, 3rd team all-state (DMR)
Basketball:
- Played against Jess Settles (jr) and Klay Edwards (so) at the state tourney my freshman year. Got an up close and personal taste of Settles dropping a triple-double on us in a close loss. Finished 3rd that year.
- Last regular season game of Sr. year, I hit 6 threes and scored 24 points, in the first half (other team had 25 points)
- First round of districts Sr. year, scored 20 points in the 4th quarter in a close loss to state tourney qualifier
Baseball:
- Batted .390 as a freshman (got worse every year after that)
- Struck out 4 times in one game (hit a 3-run HR in my other AB)
- 1st team All Southwest Iowa (OWH) my Sr. year, 3rd team all-state (DMR)
Basketball:
- Played against Jess Settles (jr) and Klay Edwards (so) at the state tourney my freshman year. Got an up close and personal taste of Settles dropping a triple-double on us in a close loss. Finished 3rd that year.
- Last regular season game of Sr. year, I hit 6 threes and scored 24 points, in the first half (other team had 25 points)
- First round of districts Sr. year, scored 20 points in the 4th quarter in a close loss to state tourney qualifier
Ran a 9.59.97 in the 3200 meters.
Held the 4x800m Nebraska state record at 7:51 for 1 week (my split was 1:59)
won the Stanly Cup in NHL '94 on SNES without a goalie.
Held the 4x800m Nebraska state record at 7:51 for 1 week (my split was 1:59)
won the Stanly Cup in NHL '94 on SNES without a goalie.
As the greatest athlete to walk the halls of Ames High since the Mayor, I'd say your game winner in '01 to take the i-ball championship trumps any 'triple jump' you may have done.
All conference tennis, jr and sr doubles and singles. didn't lose a doubles match in 2 years, but had to play singles at sectionals, got 3rd to 2 state place winners at sectionals.
Bumped up to wrestle 152 vs. Denver (ia) to win meet, pretty cool experience, even though we and I sucked pretty bad.
1st in ankeny co-ed softball 2007, 2nd in 2008. Miss those days!
Bumped up to wrestle 152 vs. Denver (ia) to win meet, pretty cool experience, even though we and I sucked pretty bad.
1st in ankeny co-ed softball 2007, 2nd in 2008. Miss those days!
