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News - 05/20/2011

Lukas Verzbicas

Event: Boys' Dream Mile
Date of Birth: 1/6/93
High School & Year of Graduation: Carl Sandburg Class of 2011
College: University of Oregon

If you could be any athlete in any other sport, who would you be?: Derrick Rose playing for the Chicago Bulls.  That is my favorite hometown sport team and he is an amazing leader for the Bulls, transforming them into a championship contender team.  He handles everything professionally and with his amazing speed and agility, he is unstoppable.

Hobbies and Interests: I'm a world class triathlete.  My training consists of swimming and biking along all the running.  And I love music and am usually the one who picks out the songs during a party.

What is your favorite place in the world and why?:  The woods are my favorite place in the world. I get into a trance and lose myself while running there, all my problems disappear and I feel amazing.

What motivated you to choose track and field as a sport?:  Both of my parents were good runners. They now transformed their passion into coaching.

Want He Wants The World To Know:  I'm racing to honor one of my best friends and teammate Kevin McDowell, who is a top junior triathlete and has been diagnosed with Hodkins lymphoma cancer.


For more stats on Lukas, click here.

To see Lukas' 2010 adidas Grand Prix Dream Mile run, where he posted a winning time of 4:04.38 click here.