Douglass High School graduate overcomes surgeries to compete at state track and field meet
It has not been an easy road. It s a lot, Brady said after Friday s ceremony at Mizzou Arena. I ve really worked hard for this.
He resumed training for shot put only in January after being cleared to resume physical activity from back surgeries to correct severe curvature of his spine in 2019.
Before that, in 2018, was brain surgery to relieve him of uncontrollable movements associated with Tourette Syndrome. Brady revealed the pacemaker in his chest that is connected to a part of the brain called the thalamus. It s the same type of pacemaker that some Parkinson s patients have, he explained.
Trojans earn trips to sectionals Published by admin on Wed, 05/12/2021 - 12:18pm Dylan Hoyt leads a pack in the boys 3,200m run. [Leslie A. Meyer Photography]
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All season it has been apparent that Paige Meyer would claim a place at sectionals in the jumps and that Dylan Hoyt was one of Class 1 District 2’s premier distance runners.
But Community R-6 is deeper than that, as they proved at the district tournament Saturday held at South Callaway.
Hoyt and Meyer lived up to billing. Hoyt finished fourth in the 1,600 meter run for his first sectional post. He then took third in the 3,200 with a time of 11:01.05 for another spot.