2018-19 Indoor Track Roster

Joey Gardner

Kyril Simmons

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Jersey City. N.J.
  • Highschool McNair Academic H.S.
  • Major Biology

Biography

Personal Records
Mark Date Event
Cross Country
Indoor Track
Outdoor Track

2020 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Season lost due to COVID 19 Pandemic ... 

High School/Club: Ran indoor and outdoor track at McNair Academic High School … Qualified for indoor nationals and the Penn Relays in the DMR … Became a two time Diamond Glove State Champion in boxing.

Personal: Born on February 7, 2000 … Son of Katrina Powell … Has a brother, Ka’Quan … Talks to his grandmother and listens to Muhammad Ali or Bruce Lee before meets ... Starts and ends the season with the same spikes as a superstition … Best sports moment was making the Hudson County Championships in 2018 after an injury recovery … Lists Muhammad Ali as his biggest influence because he’s the reason he was a boxer, and continued to battle after his injury to make his dream a reality … Best non-athletic accomplishment was winning the New Jersey Rising Scholars Award because it allowed him the chance to enter an HBCU and express his efforts to make his dreams come true … Wants to open a physical therapy practice and a gymnasium is his hometown to teach kids to be well-rounded student-athletes upon graduation … Favorite saying is “Good, Better, Best — never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best.” … Hobbies outside of sports include music, reading, making jewelry and drawing … Favorite author is Walter Dean Myers and favorite movie is 50/50 … Wants to win and run faster every chance he gets for Hawk athletics ...