It has been exactly two years to the day, since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ravaged Haiti, which was without a doubt much maligned even before the natural disaster. An estimated 220,000 Haitians lost their lives that day with over 1.5 million losing their homes. Still, even two years later, over 500,000 people reside in camps [...]

2012 is finally here… I keep saying that I need to blog on a more frequent and more consistent basis, and I really do mean it when I say it; let’s see if I can actually get the ball rolling in 2012 though. In any case, for this first blog post of 2012 I just [...]

Daegu was disappointing to say the least and I’ve been underground a bit since then. Considering the fact that I was in the best shape of my life (thus far) having jumped near or farther than 17 meters from a short approach on two separate occasions, I really can’t even explain how or why I [...]

Almost a year ago I wrote a post on a brief trip I made to Haiti…as in the Haitian embassy in D.C. This past weekend I made an actual trip to Haiti with Ayanna and my teammate Moise and had the weekend of a lifetime; to say the least. The purpose of the trip was [...]

** Please check Keni Burke – “Rising to the Top” for those who need a little help with the song reference. ** After being in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico since last Saturday morning, I was pretty eager to get the show on the road and Thursday night’s competition couldn’t come soon enough. I had gotten to watch [...]

This past Friday I had the opportunity to spend a few hours at the Haitian Embassy, considered to be Haitian soil, for an event put on by the National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians, in conjunction with the Haitian Sports Foundation and the US Olympic Committee. The event was a prelude to a solidarity [...]

As you can all imagine, it has been a particularly difficult week, given the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday. My family was indeed affected by the tragedy, and though we still have not had direct contact with my relatives on the island, we have received news that most of my relatives are “ok.” [...]