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Old 09-24-2019, 05:57 PM
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From an Athletic article:

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"Ten years old, in fifth grade now, and here’s a dilemma: how much does he love the game? Because little Quenton is getting too big for youth football. He’s already up to 138 pounds – “I was a fat kid, a little chugulugga,” he says now – and the weight limit for his age group in the Holmdel Jr. Pee Wee League in central New Jersey is a hard 115."

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"How does a 10-year-old drop 23 pounds? He becomes a distance runner. Quenton finds the nearest high school cross-country course, 3.1 miles of unforgiving hills, and he spends his summer evenings, fifth grade through eighth, lumbering across them. A slow jog with mom becomes a steadier pace with his older brother and sisters. The fat fades. His weight drops. His endurance builds. He never misses a game."

--Zak Keefer for the Athletic
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