Nathan Stewart '14 Recruiting Profile

***MOST RECENT INFORMATION IS TOWARD BOTTOM.... AS OF 4/26/14 NOT SIGNED YET.... VIDEO LINKS BELOW ON THIS PAGE:  ***

My name is Nathan Stewart and I have a passion for Track and Field. You could say I had a late start in sports, as I only started as a 7th grader. However, between playing football and running track for school and summer club track, I kept very busy.  My interest in sprinting grew increasingly each year, and I decided summer of 2012 to focus completely on track by training year-round so I quit football after my sophomore year.

My coaches and teammates have often commented on how motivated and dedicated I am for the sport I love. I dream of one day competing in collegiate track and field, with aspirations to compete professionally some day. As of 2011-2012 sophomore year, my PR in the 100 was a 10.96 F.A.T. / 10.92,10.80, and 10.63 by hand times in official meet scenarios.   In 2011 we were T.A.A.F state champions in the 4x100 with a time of 43.03. I've been on varsity since my sophomore year for high school. My GPA is 3.87 unweighted and I take honors / AP courses and curriculum for all but one class.  My class ranking rose almost to top 15% this past year.  School is equally important to me and I put a lot of energy into everything I do.   At this time, I am planning to pursue a BS in Nursing,  BSN; and possibly continue with graduate studies to be a Nurse Practitioner, Physicians Assistant, or Rehabilitation Therapy.

As a junior, I ran cross country and supplemented during that time with additional Sprint training sessions.  After the cross country season was over, I began training with Coach Don Hicks out of Keller, TX, for some specialized training and just finished competing in three indoor track meets.  Each one resulted in a strong performance ranking although this was my first full season indoors.  The meets I attended were the Texas  A & M High School Invitational 2013 60m and 200m, then the Arkansas High School Invitational 2013 60m and 200m, and then the Carl Lewis High School Invitational 2013 60m Prelims and Semi-finals.  My Junior year of high school track Spring of 2013 I did have a good season with 100M PR of 10.73, and showed more consistency with another 10.99, and 11.00 three times.  Although I did not run well enough to make it out of district last year, I am more determined than ever to succeed.  It is true that our district was redrawn to become the most competitive one in Texas, and I know if I had run to my potential I would have advanced on to State.  I did compete well with the 4 x 200 relay which made it to State placing 6th.  Next year as a Senior I plan to run the open 200 primarily, because I did not have the opportunity to establish open times last year.  During this summer 2013 I competed at the National level in Junior Olympics 100m for AAU, and 4 x 100m relay in USATF Junior Olympics.

At this time I am beginning my Senior Year of High School 2013-2014.  My plan is to train hard in the off season with my new club coach, Mike Hart of Dallas Gold Track Club.  After the indoor track season last season, I started training with him for the summer track season.  I will prepare for 2014 Indoor season and  transition into my final UIL track season. Overall, I want to continue to improve my performance consistency, continue a steady trend to PR, and stay healthy.  I am not doing Cross Country as a Senior,  as it turned out to be counter-productive for me as a sprinter. 

  I have more postings on YouTube found by searching for 34 Trackstar by nathan stewart Mansfield and I wear a black and gold or silver with red uniform // then this past year indoors black shorts blue and white top // school the black with gold M // summer 2013 wore black shorts with neon yellow top and also wore royal blue shorts with grey top.  This season I was using red addidas spikes.                                       http://www.youtube.com/user/34Trackstar/videos    <<=== LINK

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**Additional video footage is under the "Press/Files" section under the Athletics tab on my profile... PLUS these links are recent videos with details included.

http://youtu.be/qy3s4kffhgo   http://youtu.be/ycXEDvY5R-o   http://youtu.be/y3sljrwzIdg   http://youtu.be/qmZGUuBFyBg   http://youtu.be/YXpg56RtJRY      

UPDATE AS OF 4/26/2014:  ~~UPDATE AS OF 4/26/2014:  Video camera stolen so lost indoor season videos.  Ran 60m and 200m indoors at Tx A&M, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.  Oklahoma is only video I have.  200m indoors / outdoors I hit 22.85 multiple times, 100m best was 10.65 fat, with two other 10.95....  I am looking forward to resuming strength training since I have not focused on weights since the sophomore year.  I feel that I will see gains with combined strength and new found knowledge of technique.  Planning to participate one last year in Summer Track AAUTF and USATF this summer of 2014.  I am starting strength training now and should get at least 6 weeks in before competition. 

2014 SEASON LINKS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVm5bCH0Ats      OKLAHOMA INDOOR 60M    

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg55l3Ae8pU   100M 10.65

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7NGd6xf74I       200M 22.85  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZmZiuomv0     100M 10.95

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLUeM8kWizA    100M 10.95 DISTRICT    

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xR9mhW1S68   DISTRICT 4X100 41.88