Razorback Ben Shearer earned the 2022 SEC Freshman Runner of the Year accolade as voted upon by conference coaches and announced by the league office on Tuesday.
January 14, 2021 · 0 Comments
Written By ROBERT BELARDI
His father, John, was the head coach at Ellwood Memorial Public School.
Every day, the team would meet up in Mr. Jelaca’s classroom to eat lunch. Justin would follow.
In the classroom that day, Mr. Jelaca asked his son if he would like to become a runner. But Justin, full of innocence and curiosity, answered this question with a question of his own.
“I just asked him, ‘what is running?’ And he just said, ‘you will be part of a team, like you are in soccer. You will train. You will run and race against other kids your age,’” Jelaca said.