11-05-2025
Halls junior runs, throws and jumps into Red Devils record books
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A decathlon athlete is a master of all trades.
Freshman year, Halls track & field head coach Tony Tampas thought maybe Brody Foster could be.
'I just threw him into the decathlon I said try it out and I knew he was a good athlete I mean he fit the build I mean he has the size and everything,' said Tampas.
Foster was up for the challenge, 'I don't really like to settle, having 10 things to train for was nice,' Foster said.
That first year was a success, but it was when Foster took his mark as a sophomore that it really clicked.
'It was like someone just lit a match, how good can I be he's really an exceptional athlete which is hard to find,' said Tampas.
Now as a junior, Foster has rattled the Red Devils record books five times and counting. Setting new program marks in the 400m, long jump, javelin, pole vault and triple jump.
'We as coaches felt like he was gonna be very special and we knew he was gonna break a bunch of records and now that he's breaking and continues to break it makes it fun,' said Tampas, 'I've seen a lot of records go down that I thought would stick around a long time and we're all just blown away by it.'
Foster is rewriting Red Devils history one personal best at a time, this year the junior placing his goals where they could not be ignored.
'I think writing my goal on my spikes, a big part of that was that I could see my goals when I'm out there competing, I can see kind of where I want to be in the future and visualizing I think is a big part of that in track,' Foster said.
Those goal times and distances are a constant reminder 'to push hard, run faster, jump higher' so that Foster can chase an even bigger one.
'Now that I aspire to compete at the collegiate level, these are the marks that are gonna get me there and so whenever I can see that and visualize it it really helps with achieving it,' said the junior.
Though some of those goals have become a reality, with ten events to master, there's always a new finish line to cross.
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