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“I was looking to be running in the 20 highs 21 lows, but it didn’t work out that way,” he reflected on Tuesday morning ahead of today’s 200 meters which he’ll run at 3:00 p.m. Virgin Islands time. “Before the season began, I was looking to run the 400 more than the 200, but, the way training was going, I knew that wasn’t going to happen.”
Fahie said his coach at Cal State Northridge near Los Angeles, began training him to run the 100 meters. He ran the 400 indoors, but the coach said they needed more 100/200 guys. “He said I was the only guy he knew doing the 400 who could run the 100 so he brought me down trying to make me run the 100 meters,” explained Fahie, adding that he was not comfortable with it. “I like running the 200/400 and rather do that than running the 100 any day. The way they were training me, there was nothing I could have done about it, so, I just stuck to it.”
In his first Pan Am Games, Fahie said he’ll be satisfied to make it to the semifinals, which would be an accomplishment in itself, compared to how his season has gone. Since this was his senior year, he said he was looking forward to a good year. “With all the injuries, it never worked out the way I expected it to,” he said.
When asked to reflect on what stands out during his collegiate career, Fahie recalled the coach who recruited him from Central Arizona College, followed by having his best year. The coach then left for Oklahoma. “If I could have done anything different, I would have left when he did,” Fahie said. “I want to bring the times down and hopefully, be on the same level for men as Tahesia (Harrigan) is doing for the women right now. She has the women up there and I’d like to be the one driving the men.” © Copyright 2004 BVI Olympic Committee |
