Recruiting athletes is easy when the coaches are Olympic gold medalists Leroy Burrell and Carl Lewis. Prospective Cougars come in to see athletes being transformed into world-class athletes by former world-class athletes.
Three of these athletes are sophomore Mario Burke, freshman Brianne Bethel and Class of 2016 graduate LeShon Collins. All three ran at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Relays this weekend and helped the 4x100m relay teams from Barbados, the Bahamas and the United States qualify for the IAAF World Championships in London.
“Having athletes on national teams is what we’re trying to do,” Burrell said.