Milwaukee Rufus King High School track star Amari Brown reflects on her past accomplishments while looking forward to the future. The defending state champion’s senior season of track was cancelled due to the pandemic, but she is optimistic about her future as a student athlete at the University of Alabama.
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Amari Brown
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Here comes Brown! When she was only a sophomore, Milwaukee Rufus King's Amari Brown won a state title in the Division 1 200-meter dash. This is all Amari Brown, from start to finish. Champion Division 1 200-meter dash!
Amari
My name is Amari Brown. I'm a graduating senior at Rufus King high school.
Commentator
Amari Brown out, strongly. It's going to be Amari Brown getting a big win for Milwaukee King. As a junior, she built upon that first state title by adding three more. Look at Amari Brown go! Brown pulls away, wins it.
Amari
I won state in the 100, 200, and the 4x1. I broke my personal best for the 100 and the 200. Being able to accomplish that at that meet, it put me on a step to where I knew I was on the way to like my future goals. But with Amari's senior track season canceled, she's had to let go of some present goals and focus on the future. My next goal was to break the record in the 200. And the fact that I didn't get to do that, that hurt it. But, you know, I feel like, with the season, everything happens for a reason. But even with this is the fact that, you know, you have to just keep going no matter what happens, and maybe something greater will happen in the future. And something greater is happening in the future, Amari has signed a Division 1 scholarship to run track at the University of Alabama, where she plans on majoring in Construction Engineering. And more than anything, Amari's grateful for all the support she's had along the way. There's been a lot. This has been a long journey. I feel like there's always people here. I've never been in a situation to where I feel like I was alone. So, I really have a message of thanks for my coach. Coach Ray, honestly, he has been here since the beginning and I feel like, you know, he's made me into the person who I am today. I really want to give a huge thanks to my mom. She always made something happen for track. She always made something happen for school. She always made sure it happened. Like, there's nothing I ever asked for that I didn't get. I'm just grateful for everything. I mean, I know everybody don't have the same opportunity or the same people in their life to make it happen. But I feel like when you do get those type of people, cherish them 'cause not everybody has those same, you know, people around.
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