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Lead Stories: Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Nick Symmonds:
Post-Collegiate Running
(Elite Athlete Blog Entry 24)

Posted November 18th, 2008 at 9:24 AM by Nick Symmonds

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Elite Athlete Blogs, Nick Symmonds

Welcome to the official blog of middle-distance track star and 2008 U.S. Olympian Nick Symmonds. Be sure to check every other Monday at http://nicksymmonds.thefinalsprint.com for Nick’s latest entry! For more information about Nick, also please visit: nicksymmonds.com

I am often asked what a post collegiate running career consists of. Sometimes I am asked by a friend or a fan who doesn’t entirely understand how someone can make a living running. Other times I am asked this question by collegians who are interested in continuing their own track careers. Unfortunately, there simply are not a lot of resources out there to help these people understand the options available to athletes interested in running at an elite level after college. While there are many different options out there, I feel I must admit that I know very little about many of them and therefore only have the expertise to explain how my own professional running career came about. Ill start at the beginning.

After a fairly successful college career I had several sponsors expressing slight interest in representing me. Generally speaking, it is through these sponsors that one is able to make a living. I knew that in order to secure a good deal with these sponsors I would need two things: better marks, and an agent. As it would turn out I was able to tackle both of these challenges in the same weekend.
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Year-End Rankings Feature
32 Total Sports Athletes

Posted January 13th, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Sprint newcomer Carmelita Jeter (Nike/USA) and jumps veteran Pegge Devetzi (Adidas/GRE) headline the year-end Track and Field News world rankings which featured 14 Total Sports athletes. Jeter completed the 2007 season ranked no. 3 in the women’s 100 meters according to the magazine, while Devetzi earned the same ranking in the women’s triple jump.

Xavier “X-Man” Carter (Nike/USA) [Pictured]bounced back from an early season injury and ranked no. 4 in the men’s 200 meters, while Luis Tsatoumas (Puma/GRE) used a big early season jump to rank 4th in the men’s long jump. Joining Carter and Tsatoumas with a no. 4 ranking was one-lap specialist Novlene Williams (Adidas/JAM) who took the bronze medal in Osaka. David Payne (Nike/USA) rounded out the list of Total Sports athletes in the top five ranking at no. 5 over the short barriers. Lolo Jones (Asics/USA) in the 100 hurdles, and Kenia Sinclair (Nike/USA) in the 800 meters, just missed top five rankings as they finished in the no. 6 spot in their respective events.
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