Pounds Adds Weight to NIN Shot Field
By Pete Cava, National Scholastic Sports Foundation
INDIANAPOLIS
– Brandon Pounds started out as a three-sport athlete at Lawrence North
High School in Indianapolis, playing football and basketball and
competing in track and field.
“In football, I played middle
linebacker and fullback,” said the 6-foot, 230-pound senior. “In
basketball I was the power forward. I was pretty strong.
“Not
stronger than everyone,” he added with a self-effacing laugh, “but I
was – I don’t know how to say it – a little bit more powerful than some
of the other guys.”
These days, Pounds concentrates on throwing
events in track. And that physical strength he’s so modest about? It
helped him put the shot 64-feet, 9.5 inches at the Indiana Invitational
in Bloomington on February 10......
