AFLcrap1 wrote:Fred wrote:AFL crap commenting on parenting ... Wow... Hypercrit much
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Still thinking your Stalking info is me.
Wow .
Tell me more about my "Hypocritical "Parenting. :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<>
You are a sad sad little man.
& Adumb
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 2dd33f4487
Born and raised on the family's cassava farm in the Fijian highlands, Koroibete's early tests of fitness were walking the 20km round trip to school on those days when his horse was being used by the old man.
A gifted sprinter in his teens, he once clocked 10.75sec for the 100m but would often skip regional athletics carnivals - fearing he would have to make a speech if he won.
As the sprint and conditioning coach who worked with NRL flyer Jarryd Hayne at Parramatta, Hayden Knowles knows the sort of speeds that fast footballers can clock.
Knowles is the man who helped organise a 2010 cross-code sprint involving the likes of Wallaby Lachie Turner and Eels superstar Hayne, and works with a host of Olympic hopefuls under his Athletic Allstars banner.
He's desperate to find Australia's next great sprinter, looking to make amends for the fact so much talent is funnelled into the AFL and NRL.
Talent like Sydney livewire Lewis Jetta, who showcased his sprint skills once again in last Friday night's preliminary final with an incredible running goal.
The 23-year-old bolted over 80m in approximately 10.7 seconds while bouncing the ball three times.
Knowles was in awe, but not surprised.
"I wanted him in my cross-code fastest footballer race a couple of years back, but it wasn't possible," he said ahead of Saturday's grand final.
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"If someone finds a talent like Lewis and cares for, encourages, nurtures and believes in them the same way the Sydney Swans have - then Australia can one day mix it with the rest of the world in the mens sprints.
"Australia's fastest ever man Patrick Johnson is indigenous, there is another one out there. Bruce McAvaney mentions Usain Bolt in the commentary (of Jetta's goal). Australia has one somewhere."
Like so many school children, Jetta loved his athletics.
"100, 200, 400, 800. High jump, long jump. All the events," he said on Tuesday.
"To be honest I haven't really been timed, I'd like to get the spikes on and be timed."
It makes the fact he is lost to the world of athletics all the more frustrating for Knowles.
"If someone grabbed Lewis at 17 and did what the Swans have done and supported him on the track he would definitely be an Olympian," Knowles said.
"And not just an Olympian, he could have been one of our best ever like a Cathy Freeman."
High praise indeed. But Jetta was determined to forge a career in the AFL and has reaped the rewards.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/AFL/AFL-pre ... 6481344094
and Lewis doesn't even run in the GF sprints at the end of the year
isnt even the fastest in the AFL or even on the swans list
