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Trayvon Bromell: Going Pro or Staying For Mom?

Trayvon Bromell: Going Pro or Staying For Mom?

Aug 26, 2015 by M V
Trayvon Bromell: Going Pro or Staying For Mom?


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Some of the youngest and brightest track and field stars from all over the world have been competing at the 2015 World Championships. With young, fast talent, one question lingers for them all - go pro or stay in school?

This morning 100m bronze medalist Trayvon Bromell posted a very cryptic message to Instagram, which has become a very popular social media platform to announce decisions about going pro.


There's no doubt about it that Bromell is the future of not only the American sprinting, but sprinting for the entire world. His bronze medal run, behind Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin, was not a huge surprise to those who have been following Bromell over the past few years.

While this Instagram post could suggeset that the 20-year-old will forgoe his final two seasons as a Baylor Bear, just yesterday Bromell had this exchange with Andre De Grasse, the same man he tied with in the 100m in Beijing.



De Grasse, the reigning NCAA 100m/200m Champion has his senior year left as a USC Trojan and is also facing a tough decision according to the Toronto Star.

Much has changed for these young men in just the past week. Soon they will be making their way back to the United States to presumably, as of now, get caught up on the school they have missed this week.

Stay tuned for the official Instagram announcement, or non-announcement coming soon.

UPDATE - NOT SO CRYPTIC MESSAGE: Well that answers that..




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