EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Bershawn Jackson‘s dad used to call him a speeding bullet.
That explains the necklace the 400-meter hurdler wears when he races.
Jackson’s dad, Jeffrey Felton, died of a heart attack in October at the age of 53. Jackson’s tribute to the man who rarely missed a track meet is to wear a hollowed-out silver bullet filled with his dad’s ashes when he competes.
”He’s always with me,” Jackson said after winning his first-round heat Thursday at the U.S. Track and Field Trials. ”He was my No. 1 support team.