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Getting To Know Georgia Track & Field's Justin Gaymon
March 24, 2009 | Track & Field
ATHENS, Ga. --- Justin Gaymon is a senior sprinter/hurdler from Stewartsville, N.J. Although he has not yet made his 2009 outdoor debut, Gaymon earned the fifth All-America certificate of his career after taking ninth in the 400-meter dash at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships.
He enters the outdoor campaign as the two-time defending Southeastern Conference champion in the 400 hurdles, an event in which he took fourth in at the 2009 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. Gaymon will also be looking for his first All-American honor in the 4x400 relay since the 2007 season when the national meet arrives on June 10-13.
This is the ninth part of an ongoing series of “Getting To Know” members of Georgia’s track and field teams.
Q: What is the earliest sports memory you have?
A: Playing football when I was in kindergarten. I played wide receiver and free safety on a flag football team.
Q: Who has had the biggest influence on your athletic career?
A: My dad because when I was little, we were always playing sports and working out together.
Q: Do you have a favorite food?
A: Pepperoni pizza and pretty much anything else that is unhealthy.
Q: Name one thing that people would be surprised to learn about you.
A: I’m in a rock’n’roll band and I play guitar. We just started, but I’m excited about it. I have written a lot of songs.
Q: Any pets?
A: I used to have a pet turtle named Chuck.
Q: What would be your dream job?
A: Play music in a band and be a songwriter.
Q: Your most memorable moment in sports is?
A: Winning the 4x400-meter relay at the Tyson Invitational this season.
Q: Who is your favorite professional athlete?
A: Kobe Bryant.
Q: What, if any, pre-game superstitions or rituals do you have?
A: I have to put my left shoe on first, then my right one and then I tie the shoelaces a special way. If I get it wrong, I have to redo it.
Q: What are your favorite hobbies outside of track?
A: Music, play golf and a little tennis.
Q: Who is your favorite singer/musical group?
A: Currently, The Strokes.
He enters the outdoor campaign as the two-time defending Southeastern Conference champion in the 400 hurdles, an event in which he took fourth in at the 2009 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. Gaymon will also be looking for his first All-American honor in the 4x400 relay since the 2007 season when the national meet arrives on June 10-13.
This is the ninth part of an ongoing series of “Getting To Know” members of Georgia’s track and field teams.
Q: What is the earliest sports memory you have?
A: Playing football when I was in kindergarten. I played wide receiver and free safety on a flag football team.
Q: Who has had the biggest influence on your athletic career?
A: My dad because when I was little, we were always playing sports and working out together.
Q: Do you have a favorite food?
A: Pepperoni pizza and pretty much anything else that is unhealthy.
Q: Name one thing that people would be surprised to learn about you.
A: I’m in a rock’n’roll band and I play guitar. We just started, but I’m excited about it. I have written a lot of songs.
Q: Any pets?
A: I used to have a pet turtle named Chuck.
Q: What would be your dream job?
A: Play music in a band and be a songwriter.
Q: Your most memorable moment in sports is?
A: Winning the 4x400-meter relay at the Tyson Invitational this season.
Q: Who is your favorite professional athlete?
A: Kobe Bryant.
Q: What, if any, pre-game superstitions or rituals do you have?
A: I have to put my left shoe on first, then my right one and then I tie the shoelaces a special way. If I get it wrong, I have to redo it.
Q: What are your favorite hobbies outside of track?
A: Music, play golf and a little tennis.
Q: Who is your favorite singer/musical group?
A: Currently, The Strokes.
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