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‘Beauty’ of Olympic qualification goes beyond track for Utica grad BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com
UTICA — Every step on the track is a blessing for him. It wasn’t long ago that 2013 Utica High School graduate Freddie Crittenden III faced the ugliest part of the relationship between athletes and their respective sports — deciding when it’s time to call it a career. The 2013 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 state champion, fourtime All-Atlantic Coast Conference honoree at Syracuse University track and field, and twotime First Team All-American in 60-meter and 110-meter hurdles in 2016 was facing obstacle after obstacle in his efforts to reach his Olympic dream. Crittenden, 29, hyperextended his knee prior to the 2016 Olympic trials, keeping him from competing at full strength. It was a minor setback, but Crittenden picked up steam in 2019 for the 2020 Olympic trials before the COVID-19 pandemic occurred. Another setback, but the 2021 Olympic trials were still at the center of his focus. That was before a double hamstring strain at the Doha Diamond League in Qatar left Crittenden injured and rehabbing for eight months before falling short of another Olympic qualifi-
FAR LEFT: A 2013 Utica High School graduate, Freddie Crittenden was a Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 state champion in the 110-meter hurdles for Utica in 2013. NEAR LEFT: Crittenden holds the United States flag after a race at the 2022 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships in the Bahamas. The Utica High School alumnus will compete for the United States at the Paris Olympics. ABOVE: Freddie Crittenden stands with his mother, Dr. Cassandra Crittenden, and father, Freddie Crittenden. Photos provided by Dr. Cassandra Crittenden
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