Mt. Miguel HS sprinter Arrington shares Mt. SAC Relays spotlight with world titlist

Brandon Arrington Jr unwinds his - frame in the -meter dash Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego A -year-old Spring Valley sprinter likened to Usain Bolt and a -year-old world champion dash man wowed the crowd Saturday at the th annual Mt SAC Relays Fred Kerley who won his title in the -meter dash at the world meet in Oregon contested his first -meter dash since March winning in seconds in this year s top globally Brandon Arrington Jr still a junior at Mount Miguel High School shattered the San Diego County prep record in the with his wind-legal at Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut Two hours later still wearing a Nike uniform Arrington fought a cross wind amounting to a slight headwind to scorch the in behind his own county record of set a week earlier at the Arcadia Invitational Just get out fast he reported of his half-lap effort then I m unstoppable Stayed relaxed not get tensed up Also see Complete results from the Mt San Antonio College Relays How good are those marks The -foot- -pound wide receiver and cornerback would have won the college and elite division Saturday He broke the Mt SAC Relays prep record of set in by Michael Norman later a world champion His mark erased the Mt SAC prep record of by Nikolas Miller in At Arcadia Arrington s bettered the prep meet record held by Noah Lyles the Paris Olympic gold medalist at Petitioned if he would rather play in the NFL or do professional track Arrington fast replied Both Supremely confident but with proper yes sir manners the teen phenom explained he s being recruited by colleges but has a top right now Edging closer to world-class speed Arrington reported a sub- could be this year or next year or college it don t matter That sub- is going to be on my name somehow somewhere A year after Maryland -year-old Quincy Wilson won Olympic gold as a member of the relay band and in the wake of -year-old Gout Gout setting Australian sprint records this season Arrington sees the youth movement as a byproduct of better training and tool He says he s talked to Wilson a Junior Olympic legend Arrington also credits his Mount Miguel coaches Thomas Tyler and Antoine Woods Yeah they take it very serious with me he explained Kerley who won a bronze medal in last year s Paris Olympic revealed he used the one-lap race as strength training for the and in which he competes on the new Grand Slam Track circuit Just a workout he disclosed of Saturday s under sunny skies with temps in the low s The is still my main event But he s considering changing his racer status on the Michael Johnson-founded track league from short sprints and to long sprints and Still he considers the once his prime distance as something that ages his body while the is something he can do rolling out of bed That s where God put me in these last couple of years to give me the opportunity to make all the money in the world I can he informed Times of San Diego in a quiet hallway inside the stadium His return to the wasn t easy though I had a hard week this week stated the Los Angeles-based athlete coached by USC assistant John Bolton Body s sore And he wasn t sure how fast to go out in the quarter-mile So he doesn t want people to judge him by a time more than a second behind his personal best of set in July His season goals remain the same Championship championship championship the best to perform in the championship Tokyo is hosting the world meet in mid-September Young Arrington s smashed the county high school record of jointly held by Riley Washington of Southwest High School in and Kenan Christon of Madison High School in His tall frame prompted one meet commentator to note how he was Usain Bolt-esque getting into the blocks Bolt is - Arrington sees himself competing at the Los Angeles Games At Mount Miguel he also sees a mural depicting discus world champion Lagi Tausaga a fellow Matador It inspires him Yeah he reported It s like one day I can be on there too