There is an incredible story and that incredible story is this this 22 year old from Green Bay Wisconsin Cordell tinch who can pretty much do it all in sport whether it’s basketball whether it’s hurdles whether it’s football whether it is field events high jump long jump triple jump whatever this is an
All-round athlete who walked away from the sport and came back to it the encouragement of his mum and some friends and thankfully he did because he is quite the story there’s mum and dad and mum’s got a heart rate monitor on I guarantee you that BPM is going to go up
In the next 30 seconds as we get ready for this National final [Applause] bring in the field at wide in line in Lane he’s made the last three USA national finals in this event and he by three thousandths of a second last year he missed making the world team the highly experienced Freddie
Crittenden in line seven he is one of five men to make it back from the 22. USA final he’s a U.S indoor champion this year in the 60 hurdles two-time and defending Champion is Daniel Roberts what’s this final gonna look like his problem is not making teams he’s made
The last three teams including the last two world championship teams but once he gets there he has to perform better he’s been disqualified at the last two World Championships want to look at a young guy who’s hungry for Success Trey Cunningham he’s not at his best And yet
When I talked to him earlier this year this week he said I know how to make teams he’s going to need a season’s best though I don’t think his season’s best 13-2 is capable of making this team and here is the youngster we were telling you about earlier Cordell tinch up until
A couple hours ago he had the fastest time in the world with his 1296 he’s already finished fifth in the long jump here how about this here’s what he wanted the division two Nationals this year the 110 hurdles the long jump and the high jump and Mom is fired up
On the inside of tinch is Robert Dunning he competed collegiately in Alabama he was the 2021 NCAA champion second indoors this year at USA’s and one athlete left that is Eric Edwards in line one well he competed briefly for Morgan in fact he was the 2019 Pac-12 champion in this event
But he’s going to need I think a big season’s best to contend for this top three spot remember the United States will take these whoever is the first three across the line everybody has the standard first three across the line plus of course Grant Holloway who was
Set to start in Lane five so no flamingo but we do have the defending champ in Daniel Roberts and then this the incredible story of Cordell tinch he didn’t have a good start in the semi-final and yet he had a phenomenal lean he ran the fastest time
In the semifinal if he gets a better start that world record that was just taken from him might be returned to him the fastest time in the world is 1294 by Jamaica’s Rasheed broad Bell does this fairy tale continue from cell phone salesmen to the World Championships
We’re about to find out men’s 110 hurdles here we go Robert’s with a good start Cornell tinch not bad either they’ve left Trey Cunningham behind Daniel Roberts is going here comes Crittenden Daniel Roberts can he defend his title wow another big lane from Cornell tinch it’s close between
Robertson tench they had but who got it I think he’s got it all hurdlers tend to lean well but I think tinch got it here let’s see they’re both waiting just like we are it’s in fact Donna Roberts by three hundredths of a second he defends his title He’s screaming for Freddie Crittenden because it looked like Crittenden got third he did there’s the lane oh Robert’s had a much better lead I don’t know what I was looking at that was clearly Daniel Roberts for yet another National Title so let’s get another look tin’s got a much better start than he
Did in the semi-finals but that didn’t matter to Roberts who was gone and then just had to hold off everybody trying to keep him off the top of the podium tinge got closest but Roberts hung on 1305 for him Trey Cunningham I told you I was a little
Worried about him he would he would only finish Fifth and what about Freddie Crittenden oh that’s a great story what a great story fifth here last year fourth in 2019. he has finally made a U.S outdoor team after winning the indoor title in the 60 meter hurdles
Earlier this year and the 100 meter winner cravon Charleston is the training buddy of this guy who credits Daniel Roberts with motivating him so much and both of them are off to the world championships so too is Cordell tinch Daniel Roberts celebrates and Cordell tinch goes from a division two school to
A pro to the World Championships what a great story and a story which will continue in Budapest Hungary at the world Athletics Championships oh look at that it’s celebration time Lewis and justifiably so Abby down here Daniel Roberts first to you I mean what a lien you had there but
Just share with us what the moments like to make another national team it’s great as always coming out here give him my all it’s trying to glorify God the best I can great competition as always the young cat Cordell coming in it’s great wish Grant was out there but what’s in that
World ready you were out there in seven seemed like you’re kind of out there by yourself how did you make it happen I don’t know man I just put on my faith in God I just tried my best and I just thought about I’ve been trying to get
Here for seven years man yeah I’ve been the eight U.S championships this is my first top three finish man I’m I’m elated I thank God thank you for my coach for my team my wife my family I’m just awesome you got it let me talk to your teammate behind you on the ground
Cordell about a year ago you were selling cell phones and the lady standing right there who’s been so excited blood pressure meter and going off The Rock off the chain what does A Moment Like This mean to you going to your first Global championship I can’t put it into words literally only
Thing I can say is the beginning of my dreams is starting like the thing I’ve dreamed about forever it doesn’t matter what place first second third I I get to wear Team USA and that’s that’s been the goal since I remember and I I’m grateful to have my parents
Here and be able to watch this because we did it there are so many athletes out there who have these dreams and sometimes things go off the rails uh there was a moment where it looked like maybe it was over for you so what would you say to those who still have those
Dreams and want to need to get back into the game and try and figure out how they could make them happen follow God’s plan that’s all I can say that’s all I did you know I everything that came at me over the last few years I took it the
Way I was supposed to and it got me here you guys need to call the travel agent huh you’re gonna get Mom and Dad over to Budapest I think so and Mom loves that exactly thank you mom Elizabeth dad Tyler there hey the overwhelming message Adam is believe in the people who
Believe in you and let’s take a look at both athlete and Mom and you heard what he said that’s the most important thing we did it look at this and look at their heart rates Sun 149 Mom 142. this is going up actually mum not too bad not too bad
Hers actually went down during the race look at how his his how high his is 170 at the end but mom and son we did it and tinch is on his way to the World Championships nobody could have possibly predicted this months ago just one of many magnificent stories
That have unfolded this week here in Eugene Oregon for the Championships
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