David Green is a tri-sport athlete at LH. The junior is currently playing in the 5A Region II golf tournament in Waco after qualifying individually along with the Wildcat golf team. He also qualified in three events — triple jump and the 4×100 and 4×200 relays – for the 5A Region II track meet, May 3-4 at Baylor. He was also just elected a captain for the football team, where he plays in the secondary and returns kicks.
Q: What is your typical training day like?
A: Going to seventh period football where we run and lift weights, then heading over to the track right after football and running the track workout. When that is over I usually work on either the long jump or triple jump.
Q: How do you manage golf and track overlapping?
A: Surprisingly, it wasn’t that hard to manage golf and track at the same time. I still go to seventh period football every day and on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday I go to track, and Tuesday and Friday — if I don’t have a track meet — I go to golf. On days where we had a golf tournament, I was still able to make it back to school in time to go to football and track. On some days I would play 18 holes, run sprint drills and lift weights at football, then run a full track workout. Yes, that is as difficult as it sounds.
Q: Why did you start doing both the jumping events and the running?
A: I have done the sprints and jumps ever since I started track in the eighth grade. Back then they didn’t have the triple jump so I did high jump. I switched over to triple jump my sophomore year. The jumps are fun for me and they also help me get warmed up for the running events.
Q: What else are you involved in at Lake Highlands?
A: I’m a member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and student council. Next year I will be the student council treasurer. I’m also in the ping pong club.
Q: What do you enjoy doing outside of school and sports?
A: Hang out with my friends is a big one. I played a lot of tennis this summer with some of my friends on the tennis team. I wish I had enough time to play for the school but it wouldn’t be possible. I love to play video games, watch TV and play on the computer, and occasionally read a book or magazine.
Q: Who do you see as a role model?
A: To me, my biggest role models are my teammates. I would go to any one of them for advice on or off the field. I typically would look up to guys older than me like Ricky Zorn and Mitchell Hodge. I’m the older guy now, so I’m stepping up to try and a role model for the younger guys.
