{"id":36056,"date":"2017-12-11T10:35:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=36056"},"modified":"2017-12-11T10:36:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:36:05","slug":"royals-athlete-week-grant-amoateng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/royals-athlete-week-grant-amoateng\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Athlete of the Week: Grant Amoateng"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a trip to outdoor nationals last spring, junior\u00a0Grant Amoateng<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Bristow, Va.\/Patriot) was ready to jump right into this season of indoor track.<\/p>\n

At the Bast-Cregger Invitational, the first meet of the season, he set a new personal record in the long jump at 6.92 meters, which is now the No. 2 mark in EMU history, and\u00a0was the top D-III finisher in both the long jump and the triple jump. He was chosen as the ODAC Field Athlete of the Week following his performance.<\/p>\n

To the casual observer, this seems like a phenomenal start to any track season. Amoateng, however, has high expectations, and took his success with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to start out strong and I set a mark, the kind of marks I wanted to hit,\u201d he said. \u201cI maybe did not hit it, but it\u2019s a great start for me, for the season. Better than last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amoateng is also conscious of how going to nationals last spring affects him going into this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing to outdoor nationals last year, I don\u2019t have a target on my back, but I have a lot of expectations to settle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In preseason training Amoateng focused\u00a0on his performance and his season under coach Michael Allen, who holds the EMU records that Amoateng is looking to break this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, working with him is probably the best thing I ever had,\u201d Amoateng said. \u201cI think it\u2019s a blessing for me to just be coached by a record-holder. He expects me to break both of his records this year, and I\u2019m aiming for the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAmoateng is not only an athlete, he is a worker,\u201d Allen said. \u201cThis season I expect him to shatter both the indoor and outdoor jump records while keeping ODACs and Nationals the focal point.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a junior,\u00a0Amoateng is looking to provide leadership to the team this year, to \u201cmake sure everyone\u2019s positive, just make sure I take some of the freshmen under my wing, to make sure they adjust to college track well, or just transition to college in general,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A social work major,\u00a0Amoateng hopes to work in a school or a hospital after he graduates, and coach on the side.<\/p>\n

When Amoateng was in seventh grade, his teacher noticed Amoateng\u2019s speed in gym class and suggested he go out for track.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat keeps me going is just this motivation to keep going and run the sport I love, the sport that took me to college, and that I enjoyed the most,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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