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An Olympic sprinter turned basketball player: How Kachi Nzeh ended up at Xavier

Kachi Nzeh's always been running.

Not from anything, but towards something.

"I ran pretty much my whole life," said Nzeh. "I won the junior Olympics when I was in the eighth grade in the 400-meter dash."

The following year, Nzeh had a growth spurt.

"I kept getting hurt because I was growing a lot," said Nzeh, who shot up to around 6-foot-7.

He injured his hip, then his groin, "Then I got invited to indoor nationals and a few strides in at the start, I hurt my hip again, so I didn't know what to do.