![]() ![]() I worked hard in the classroom and on the track. “My priorities were track and school, that's all that was on my mind. “Running for this team has given me confidence on and off the track. “Overall Intensity has helped me mature into a strong, secure young lady,” she concluded. Three years after joining Intensity Track Club, Battle is an accomplished athlete and person with a bright future. “Each season we had new people on the team, each team was full of kids that set goals and made sure they met them before the season ended.” “She had each athlete create a goal sheet, with times they wanted to meet by the end of the season, and what they'd do to get there,” Battle said. “Having a coach that has faith in you and takes the time to make you great is something that every athlete needs,” Battle added.Īnother key, she stated, was getting help in the personal goal-setting department from Hughes. With each step in her development, she wanted to do more and achieve greater success. I came into the program running slow times and at the end I was the top of my age group.”īattle, with nurturing and encouragement from “Coach J,” kept paring seconds off her times. “I believe that he was hard on me because he saw my potential and he knew what I was capable of. ![]() “Not only were the workouts hard on me but the coach, Jamal Johnson (we call him Coach J) was hard on me. “The workouts were hard and very demanding for me because it was my first time running really,” Battle recalled. That’s because she didn’t become serious about the sport until she met Johnson and assistant coach Jana Hughes in the summer of 2014, shortly after Battle’s freshman year. This outreach was well received and the weekly practice started to grow into its own event. During that time GP moved its weekly practice to the club and started to allow non-crew members to attend. She nearly was a double winner, finishing second in the 200 dash (24.27).Īlthough Battle’s all-state talent is undeniable, she continues to give props to Johnson and Intensity Track Club for her track and field prominence. During the short stint between Outland 2 and Outland on Liberty, GP worked out of Catacombs, another club that was also located in Columbus, Ohio. “Running for this team has given me confidence on and off the track.”īattle closed out her outstanding high school career on June 3, winning the 100-yard dash with a time of 11.95 seconds at East Kentwood High School. “Intensity has helped me mature into a strong, secure young lady,” Battle noted. ![]() Now in her fourth year with the club team, coached by Jamal Johnson (who coaches the Wayne boys track and field team), Battle wrote an e-mail to the Observer about how much she has gained from that experience. Yet although she was in Columbus, Ohio, the recent Wayne Memorial graduate’s thoughts remained with her summer team, now gearing up for the AAU regional qualifier June 29 through July 2 at Detroit Renaissance High School. Hopefully, our efforts in partnership with the Columbus Division of Police will help restore some peace of mind to the neighborhood.Anavia Battle missed Thursday’s Intensity Track Club practice because she was on a campus visit to Ohio State University, where she wants to become a Division I athlete. “Just last month, we shut down an illegal after-hours club two blocks away that was the scene of gang violence, shootings, murder, felonious assault, and drug dealing. “There were armed security guards with body armor, and even the dancers were packing heat, which tells you all you need to know about the danger this illegal club posed to employees, patrons, and the residents living there,” said Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein. Klein also states that investigators also linked a July shootout at the premises to a homicide that had occurred a month earlier.įamilies with children lived in apartments directly above the lingerie store. Klein announced Monday that Columbus secured an emergency court order to vacate and shutter an east side lingerie store located at 1471 East Livingston Avenue, called “Sexxy 4 Less” that was a front for an underground strip club called “Club Sexxy.”Īccording to court documents, the Columbus Division of Police began covert surveillance of the premises earlier this summer, obtaining evidence of illegal drug and alcohol sales. COLUMBUS (WCMH) - Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein says a lingerie store that doubled as a strip club has been shut down. ![]()
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