Peter Blount (born 1962 or 1963)
is a former member of the World Cup
Bobsled
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Team and former member of the US National Track and Field Team and coached the USA Youth National Track and Field Team. He was named to the Florida Track and Field Hall of Fame and the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) Hall of Fame in January 2013. He holds the distinction of competing on United States National Teams in both Summer (Track and Field) and Winter (Bobsled) sports.
He has one of the highest elite athlete testing scores in history. He recorded an 806 on a six-item Elite Athlete Performance Test (30 M. dash, 60 M. dash, 100 M. dash, 16 lb. weight toss, five consecutive hops, and vertical jump) given by the
United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. To put that into perspective, consider that
Willie Gault
Willie James Gault (born September 5, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Raiders. Considered one of the f ...
, a world-class sprinter and a wide receiver for the
Los Angeles Raiders
The Los Angeles Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994 before relocating back to Oakland, California, where the team played from its inaugural 1960 season to the 1981 season and then agai ...
, scored 802 points,
Herschel Walker
Herschel Junior Walker (born March 3, 1962) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. He was also the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia.
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and
Edwin Moses, an Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter hurdles, tied with 761 points.
He has degrees in education and business.
He was a
sprinter at the
University of Florida
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from 1983-1985. He competed as a Professional Athlete with the Florida Clippers and NIKE from 1989-1994 .
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As of 2013, he is a professional trainer][ In addition to coaching the USA Youth National Track and Field Team, he has also coached ]Satellite High School
Satellite High School is a public high school (grades 9 - 12) located in Satellite Beach, Florida in Florida's Space Coast, Brevard County. It was founded in 1962, and has been rated an 'A' school in the state of Florida since 2003 . The mascot is ...
, Florida, to three consecutive State Championships and one runner-up, and in just one year and nine months coached Dr. Phillips High School
Dr. Phillips High School is a public high school in Dr. Phillips, Florida, United States, near Orlando.
It serves the Dr. Phillips census-designated place (CDP), the Bay Hill CDP, and the residential portion of Lake Buena Vista.
History
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in Orlando to a runner-up finish in 2010 (both they and Miami Columbus finished with 103 points), as well as three additional top 5 State finishes in Cross Country and Track and Field. He was named the Coach of the Year in 2009 by the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS). He also has personally trained many high school and college All-Americans, Jamaica National Team members (Duane Evans and Shernette Hyatt) as well as professional athletes including NFL All-Pro Brandon Meriweather among others.
References
People from Melbourne, Florida
Living people
1960s births
American male sprinters
American male bobsledders